Introduction of Integrated Pest Management Practices in Urban Farming in Mataram City During the Covid-19 Pandemic (original) (raw)

Integrated Pest Management in an Urban Community: A Successful Partnership for Prevention

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2003

Pesticides, applied in large quantities in urban communities to control cockroaches, pose potential threats to health, especially to children, who have proportionately greater exposures and unique, developmentally determined vulnerabilities. Integrated pest management (IPM) relies on nonchemical tools-cleaning of food residues, removal of potential nutrients, and sealing cracks and crevices. Least toxic pesticides are used sparingly. To evaluate IPM's effectiveness, the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center, in partnership with two community health centers in East Harlem, New York City (NY, USA), undertook a prospective intervention trial. Families (n = 131) enrolled when mothers came to the centers for prenatal care. Household cockroach infestation was measured by glue traps at baseline and 6 months afterward. The intervention group received individually tailored IPM education, repairs, least-toxic pest control application, and supplies, with biweekly pest monitoring for 2 months and monthly for 4 months. The control group, residing in East Harlem and demographically and socioeconomically similar to the intervention group, received an injury prevention intervention. The proportion of intervention households with cockroaches declined significantly after 6 months (from 80.5 to 39.0%). Control group levels were essentially unchanged (from 78.1 to 81.3%). The cost, including repairs, of individually tailored IPM was equal to or lower than traditional chemically based pest control. These findings demonstrate that individually tailored IPM can be successful and cost-effective in an urban community. Key words: children's environmental health, cockroach, community intervention trial, integrated pest management, pesticides, urban built environment.

Implementing Integrated Pest Management in Developing and Developed Countries

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems in developed countries are largely based on substantial bodies of available information from a number of sources, including published material, extension agents, contract crop consultants and, more recently, the internet. Delivery systems for this information have traditionally been through extension agents in the USA but the internet is playing a larger role. IPM in developing countries, such as those in Southeast Asia, has been addressed most effectively through massive training of farmers through farmer field schools and farmer participatory research in the region. S.E. Asia is characterized by large numbers of farmers cultivating small plots. Production systems involve substantial amounts of labor inputs, which often put farm laborers at risk from exposure to harmful chemicals. Mechanical devices that replace labor in developed countries are not common in the S.E. Asia region. Technological advances have made an impact mainly through improved plant varieties and cultural practices to enhance yields. IPM training has taken hold throughout the region as a means to establish the farmer as the primary decision-maker and to equip him or her with an understanding of the critical relationship between agricultural output and field ecology. Training programs in all S.E. Asian countries are aggressively spreading the message to “grow a healthy crop” as the first step in establishing sound IPM programs. Results from some IPM programs are presented and discussed but the list is not all inclusive and is always evolving and changing with the farmers’ crop mix and increased knowledge of the agricultural ecosystem.

Identify the Challenges in Applying of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) from Farmers’ Perception

The main purpose of this research was to identify the major challenges in applying the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices from the view of Karaj county farmers. It was an applied type research and the main instrument which used in this survey was questionnaire. The population of the study consisted of 75 farmers (N=75) in 3 district of Karaj county in Alborz province (Asara, Eshtehard and Markazi), because of small population a census study was conducted and finally 68 questionnaires were analyzed. The questionnaire was revised with the help of experts who had significant experience in IPM to examine the Validity of the instrument. A pretest was conducted with 20 farmers to determine the Reliability of the questionnaire for the study. Computed Cronbach's Alpha score was acceptable for different parts of questionnaire (0.86-0.94), which indicated that the instrument was reliable. The results showed that majority of respondents (39.1 %) believe these challenges have high impact in applying the integrated pest management, also Using factor analysis, the challenges have been classified in to five latent factors named Economic; Individual Tendencies; Method-Tool; Service; and Educational-skills, about 67.028 percent of total common variance explained by these five factors.

Knowledge about the Pest Management Strategies to Improve the Socio-economic Profile of Chawnhu and Thingkah Villages of District Lawngtlai

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2021

The present study describes the Socioeconomic Status and Knowledge about the pest management strategies Lawngtlai district, Mizoram. The two villages viz. Chawnhu and Thingkah of this district are selected for the implementation of the research. A designed questionnaire was designed to collect the information about the targeted objectives. Efforts were made to have one-to-one interaction with the farmers. A total number of fifty farmers have been selected randomly from each village and revealed that the farmers are very poor backward and has very poor knowledge about the pest, natural enemies, and recently developed pest management strategies. There may be very much less expertise about the rural techniques and with no focus on their stepped forward management practices. But was also felt that the farmers are keen to learn and apply the recently developed strategies which may improve the socio-economic standard moreover, it can be triggered by introducing facilities of modern tech...

Farmers' Knowledge of Integrated Pest Management: A Case Study in the Zanjan Province in Iran

Integrated pest management (IPM) has been recognized to be a sustainable method for pest prevention, monitoring and control. Farmers' knowledge and participation are key elements of achieving this approach. The purpose of this study was to assess farmers' knowledge and skills of IPM for the farm pest control. The study was conducted in the Zanjan Province of Iran using a case study through qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques such as participatory observations, structured and semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and transect walks with the farmers of the Nimavar Village. The farmers hardly used non-chemical pest control methods (e.g. mechanical and biological techniques and natural enemies) and their awareness of using these methods was low. Although the farmers were to some extent aware of the side-effects of the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, they still continued utilizing chemical inputs due to the shortage of knowledge of an...

Integrated pest management: Farmer field schools generate sustainable practices

1993

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The Implementation of Integrated Pest Management Technology in Red Chili Farming (Case Study of Dukuh Dempok Village, Wuluhan District, Jember Regency)

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

The use of chemical pesticides among farmers has been indicated in excessive amounts. Excessive use of chemical pesticides for a long time was hazardous to environment and human health. This study aims to determine the level of farmers knowledge to the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) technology, the perception and behaviour of farmers in the implementation of IPM technology and the correlation between knowledge and perception to farmers behaviour in the implementation of IPM technology. The research was conducted in the Dukuh Dempok Village, Wuluhan District, Jember Regency in April-August 2019. The number of respondents are 30 samples selected by purposive sampling. Data were analyzed with nonparametric statistical using Spearman Correlation. The results showed that almost the farmers had a medium level of knowledge, and almost the farmers had a neutral perception. Level of farmers knowledge and farmers perception were positively correlated to the behaviour of farmers in implementation on IPM technology.

Validation and implementation of principles of the Integrated Pest Management concept - sustainability and current challenges in pest endemic pulse bowl of India

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Insect pests and vascular diseases are the major constraints to pigeonpea production in Karnataka and primarily responsible for lower productivity. There is no substantial host plant resistance to key insect pests in currently adopted cultivars, however effective utilization of other components of pest management led to development of various integrated pest management (IPM) to minimize yield losses and protect the environment. In present studies, it is a total “system approach” to sustainable pest management involving seed treatment with microbials, synchronized sowing, modification in landscape and application of need-based pesticide spray. Spray schedule was combined with online pest monitoring system for the plant protection related advisories for the target region. The resultant IPM package implemented through farmer-managed operational scale plots and compared with non-IPM (normal farmer practices) across 7 taluks of Gulbarga district for 4 years (2010–2013 seasons). A total o...