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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem-based strategy aimed at long-term pest prevention using a combination of techniques such as biological control and habitat manipulation. It offers environmentally safe alternatives to traditional pesticide use, resulting in lower costs and reduced pesticide residues. Despite its advantages, the adoption of IPM in India faces challenges due to socio-economic factors and a lack of understanding among farmers.

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem-based strategy aimed at long-term pest prevention using a combination of techniques such as biological control and habitat manipulation. It offers environmentally safe alternatives to traditional pesticide use, resulting in lower costs and reduced pesticide residues. Despite its advantages, the adoption of IPM in India faces challenges due to socio-economic factors and a lack of understanding among farmers.

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2 Issue-7, MAR 2022 (e-ISSN: 2582-8223)

Integrated Pest Management: Scope and Advantages in


Agriculture
Viswanadha Raghuteja Puvvala*1, N. Emmanuel2 and C. P. Viji3
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Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Entomology,
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Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem.
2&3.
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology,
Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem.

ARTICLE ID: 048


Abstract
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on
long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as
biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of
resistant varieties.
Key Words: Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Eco-friendly management, Principles,
Tools and Limitations
Introduction
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on
long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as
biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of
resistant varieties.It is an approach to control the pest in an integrated way. Under this
method, pesticides are only used according to standard established guidelines and treatment is
done with a goal of removing only the target organisms.
IPM is an effective, environmentally safe approach to pest management as it provides
protection for beneficial insects as well as prevention of secondary pest outbreaks and
resurgence (Preety and Bharucha, 2015). IPM incorporates several biological, ecological,
physical and chemical strategies for controlling the pest problems. IPM programs use
information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This
information is then used to manage pest damage. Pest management is an ecological matter.
The size of a pest population and the damage it inflicts is, to a great extent, a reflection of the
design and management of a particular agricultural ecosystem.
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Scope of Bio-intensive IPM Programmes

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecologically based strategy that focuses on long-
term solution of the pests through a combination of various techniques. Embracing a single
tactic to control a specific organism does not constitute IPM, even if the tactic is an essential
element of the IPM system. Integration of multiple pest suppression techniques has the
highest probability of sustaining long term crop protection. Pesticides may be used to
remove/prevent the target organism, but only when assessment with the help of monitoring
and scouting indicates that they are needed to prevent economic damage.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technology can provide green and eco-friendly
alternatives for environment and agricultural management without harming the nature by the
help of pest controlling methods.Many case studies concluded that Benefit Cost Ratio (B: C
Ratio) was more for IPM farm, compared to Non-IPM farms. Research is obviously needed
to develop and evaluate IPM concepts and practices in developing countries, but it is useless
without companion efforts in extension and training.IPM programs are functioning in more
than 60 developing and developed countries (FAO, 2011). In India, the first IPM programme
was the Operational Research Project (ORP) during 1974–75 (Swaminathan, 1975) in cotton
and rice.
The Directorate of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture, Government
of India, has evolved location-specific IPM packages for both the Kharif and Rabi crops in
consultation with IPM experts from the Indian 3 Council of Agricultural Research, State
Agricultural Universities, and the State Departments of Agriculture. Available Technologies
Research has generated new technologies using naturally occurring enemies of insect pests
(parasitoids, predators and pathogens) for use in IPM. Some important commercially
available products include Trichogramma, Bracons, Crysoperlacarnea,
Crytaemusmontrouzieri, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus sphaericus, Nuclearpolyhedrosis
viruses (NPV) and Trichoderma. In the last twenty years or so, IPM programs have been
developed for important pests.
Advantages of IPM
Lower cost intervention: - Traditionally, the use of the pesticides to control the pest
invasion would account to lots of cost. Also, these pesticides need to be imported as
well. The application of IPM would lessen the financial burden. Moreover, different
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techniques involved in IPM are more sustainable with long lasting benefits.

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Benefits to the environment: - Use of the pesticides is often linked degradation of


the environment causing some more additional problems. IPM is an eco-friendly
approach and the effects on the environment are always considered before the
application of any interventions. Less use of pesticides won’t affect the fertility of
soil.
Minimizes residue hazards of pesticides: - It is obvious that in an IPM schedule the
use of pesticides will be considerably reduced, hence the pesticide residue hazards
will also get automatically minimized.
Anti-Resistance:- The IPM model in itself is the anti-resistant mode for pest control.
It discourages the use of chemicals and thus creates less cases of anti-resistance.
Pesticides are used only when the other alternatives are not satisfying.
Useful and best intervention for the general public: - Assurance of safe, reliable
and low-cost pest control. The pest control will not affect the crops. Moreover, it is
safe and affordable for the general public as well.
Conclusion
India has successfully reduced pesticide consumption without adversely affecting the
agricultural productivity. This was facilitated by appropriate policies that discouraged
pesticide use, and favoured IPM application. Despite it, adoption of IPM is low owing to a
number of socio-economic, institutional and policy constraints. On the supply side, lack of
commercial availability of bio pesticides and inappropriate institutional technology transfer
mechanisms are the critical impediments to increased application of IPM. The presence of
private sector in bio pesticide production and marketing is marginal and needs to be improved
through economic incentives. On the demand side, farmers though are aware of technological
failure of pesticides to control pests, and their negative externalities to environment and
human health, pest risk is too high to experiment with newer approaches to pest management.
IPM is a complex process and farmers lack understanding of biological processes of
pests and their predators and methods of application of new technology components. The
socio-economic environment of farming is also an important factor in adoption of IPM. There
are a number of IPM practices that work best when applied by the entire community and in a
synchronized mode. This is unlikely to happen without demonstrating benefits of group
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approach, and external motivation and support to the farmers. Though many technology

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programs are based on community approach, they do not have any proper exit policy to
sustain the group approach. The IPM policy should also provide incentives to farmers to
adopt IPM as a cardinal principle of plant protection.
References:
FAO. Save and Grow. Food and agriculture organization.2011; The FAO online catalogue:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i221 5e/i2215e.pdf. Accessed 21 Dec 2012.
Preety, J and Bharucha, Z. P. 2015.Integrated pest management for sustainable
intensification of agriculture in Asia and Africa.Insects.6 (1): 152-82.

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