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Presentation by Karnataka State Department of Agriculture

Presentation by Karnataka State Department of Agriculture. Sustainable IPM Programme. Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM is not just about management of pests alone; it is a sustainable Crop Production approach based on sound eco-system analysis.

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Presentation by Karnataka State Department of Agriculture

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  1. Presentation by Karnataka StateDepartment of Agriculture Sustainable IPM Programme

  2. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) • IPM is not just about management of pests alone; it is a sustainable Crop Production approach based on sound eco-system analysis.

  3. IPM Programme for Cotton with FAO – EU support • The project is operational since 2000 • The main objective is to build a cadre of IPM facilitators who are able to organize farmer field schools (FFS)

  4. Training of Facilitators (ToF) (25 – 30 Trainees) Become Farmer Facilitators Become Facilitators (Extn Staff – Dept./NGO) Farmer Field School (FFS) (25 – 30 Farmers Trainees) Additional ApprenticeshipTraining 2 – 4 Selected Farmers/FFS ToF - FFS

  5. IPM Programme for Cotton Activities in Karnataka

  6. Training of Facilitators (ToF)

  7. Training of Facilitators (ToF) • Season-long (seed to seed)

  8. Contd… • Participatory, Practical, Field Oriented

  9. Contd… • Discovery Based (“Learning by Doing”)

  10. Contd… • Non-formal education approaches used throughout

  11. Contd… Practice FFS

  12. Contd… • Farmers discover & make decisions

  13. Contd… Able to organize quality FFS

  14. Farmer Field School (FFS)

  15. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) • A community based, field study programme

  16. Structure and characteristics of FFS: • 2 facilitators who have undergone season-long IPM training will run FFS • Trainees: 25-30 cotton farmers from a village • Duration: Season-long • Frequency : Usually once a week (20 sessions)

  17. Cont…. Develop observation skills

  18. Cont…. • Carry out simple field studies – to identify and count pests and beneficial insects (Defenders)

  19. Contd… • Carry out studies to compare sprayed and unsprayed plots

  20. Contd… • Learn how plant compensates for damage by pests

  21. Contd… • Conduct Insect zoo studies and discover functions of organisms in the eco-system

  22. Contd… • Make field observations, conduct Cotton Eco-system Analysis (CESA) and make informed crop management decisions

  23. Contd… • In the FFS: • The farmers are assisted in solving their problems by themselves; they are not provided with ready made solutions • The facilitators expose farmers to ideas and are not trying to convince the farmers to adopt a particular technology • The facilitators help them in analyzing the situation and make informed decisions

  24. Results & Impact

  25. Mean # pesticide applications in 44 FFS (2001), 39 (2002) & 45 (2003)

  26. RESULTS • Reduction in pesticide applications, Plant protection costs. • Increased use of bio-agents and botanicals. • Higher returns

  27. FFS Alumni • FFS Farmers forming IPM clubs • Some groups active in income generation activities such as production of Neem seed powder, Trichogramma, vermicompost • Continue to run FFS on their own to train other farmers • Extended IPM to other crops such as chickpea, paddy, watermelon

  28. Social Changes • FFS trained farmers working in cohesive groups • Groups actively pursuing community development work, such as organizing/leading social functions, village sanitary works, tree planting, teaching children on IPM, bio diversity.

  29. Gender equity and women empowerment • About 300 women farmers are trained • These Women are able to get rid of inhibition and shyness, mix with other farmers, assist the family in taking quality decisions, active in community development work. • Some trained women farmers became facilitators and conducting FFS, training both men and women

  30. KSDA - Plan for 2004-05 • 3 ToF - one each in Pigeon pea, Groundnut and Paddy • Refresher courses for FFS and ToF facilitators • Bridge course on other crops • 500 FFS on cotton and other crops using ToF graduates, 325 of these will be run by farmer facilitators • Estimated cost Rs. 150 lakhs

  31. KSDA - Future thrust • Institutionalization of IPM training activities • Using farmer facilitators on a large scale to conduct FFS • Adoption of FFS methodology in training activities • Incorporating FFS approach in propogating organic farming • Creating IPM cell at HQ and districts.

  32. Contd… Expectations from Govt. of India • Allotment of funds for conducting ToF and FFS • Channelizing all schemes under IPM to FFS approach • Flexibility in guidelines to adopt FAO model

  33. Thank you

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