RCIPMC organises training for farmers on ‘Integrated Pest Management’

HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Dec 27: Regional Central Integrated Pest Management Centre (RCIPMC), Guwahati conducted a Human Resource Development (HRD) at Niz Defeli village, Nagirijuli block, Tamulpur on Monday and Tuesday. A total of 53 participants attended the programme.
Ravi Laxmigudi, plant protection officer (Entomology) and his team of Regional Central Integrated Pest Management Centre, Guwahati, ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Directorate of Plant Protection, and Quarantine & Storage attended the programme.
The programme was conducted to train the farmers on the judicious use of chemical pesticides and to encourage them to use bio-control agents like Trichoderma viride, Beauvaria bassiana, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Trichogramma spp. and naturally produced botanicals (bio-pesticides like Neem, Karanj based bio-pesticide) through Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques.
During the training, different IPM techniques from seed sowing to harvest of crops were discussed. The programme demonstrated the farmers on ways to do seed treatment with bio fungicide and chemical fungicide, safe use of chemical pesticide, Agro Eco System Analysis (AESA) which includes identification of pest and defenders on paddy, mustard and vegetables and ITK technology for rodent management.
The programme also demonstrates different types of traps like pheromone trap for lepidopteran insect pest, yellow sticky trap for sucking insect pest, light traps for flying insect. The different techniques of weed management were also covered in this programme. Finally, the programme concluded with the feedback from farmers and assurance given to them for future help in good agricultural practices.