Strengthening and Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India

ISBN-13: 9783659699832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 144 str.

Sarkar Debashis;Mondal Bholanath;Roy Bidhan Chandra

Opis

Strengthening and modernization of pest management approach has fairly succeeded in India. The existing pest management approach has a predisposition in favour of chemical pesticides. Several activities are created to promote integrated pest management but the other government organizations promote chemical pesticides. The number of chemical pesticide registered every year by government is increasing very fast and the facilities for their testing are getting deteriorated with waning manpower for quality control. The progress of setting up a National Pesticide Reference Repository and a National Pesticide Investigational Laboratory is very poor. Following on this, the book considers the scope for pest management loom in the country which requires a change in its mind set to promote integrated pest management technologies with minimum use of quality and genuine chemicals.

O autorze

Debashis Sarkar is Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan. Previously he served as Director, AERC, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. He has over 24 years experience in teaching, research and extension. The author's publications have appeared in various journals including nine books.