One-day training on technical awareness of IPM was held at Suhoi village on August 10.
The programme was chaired by SK Khemprai, SDAO (HQ).
The chairperson said trainings were basically exchange of technical know-how since there were several ITK’s playing a vital role in the agricultural sector.
He also said that chemicals do play a role in agriculture but added that solely depending on chemical use was causing alarming climate change globally.
Keynote address was delivered by Ahovi Sema, DAO & PD (ATMA)- Dimapur. He mentioned that farming community has problems with pest and disease occurrence which was not easy to control unless farmers have sound mind and technical knowledge with assistance from agriculture and allied departments.
Identification and preservation and use of naturally occurring insects and organisms in crop eco-system were important for high agriculture production, he said.
He also stressed on the preservation of wild birds and animals that play a vital role in biological control of agriculture and urged that banned chemicals by the Govt. of India such as Endosulfan should not be used due to its residual effect on human health, environment and livestocks but rather opt for eco-friendly green manuring nitrogen fixing plants like Dhaincha should be grown intensively.
The first resource person Deepak Chetri, STA, Tissue Culture Lab, Dimapur delivered a topic on major pest of paddy and control.
He mentioned that egg parasitoid trichogramma chilonis, trichogramma japonicum which is produced in Bio-control Lab, Medziphema by the department, plays a major role in control of many pests in paddy crop, and that effective pest control was achieved by summer ploughing. The second resource person Bendanglila, APP, Dao’s Office Dimapur delivered a topic on Rodent Pest Management, Awareness and control.
She mentioned that bandicoots are the major rodent species dominant in the district causing considerable loss to crops in field and also in storage.
Biological, Mechanical and chemical control measures were also discussed.
Vote of thanks was pronounced by Toivi, AO.
Field demonstration for AESA (agri eco-system analysis), release of tricho cards, pest and disease identification was also conducted.
Over 60 farmers from 14 Villages under Kuhuboto Block participated in the programme.
The programme was marked by distribution of rodenticide and bio-agents free of cost.
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