S. R. Adhikari ¹, V. Pandit ², D. R. Sharma ³, R. K. Subedi ⁴

Affiliations
1 Ministry of Agricultural Development, Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Center, Lalitpur, NP
2 CABI-India, New Delhi - 110012, Delhi, IN
3 Chief, Ministry of Agricultural Development, Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Center, Lalitpur, NP
4 Plant Protection Officer, Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Center, Lalitpur, NP

Abstract

Government of Nepal (GoN) has been prioritizing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy as the most important strategy after a sudden outbreak of Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) and heavy loss in rice production. GoN has been continuing IPM programs with the successful completion of different phases like technical cooperation, marketing and institutionalization. Awareness creation among multisectoral stakeholders is the most and major outcome through IPM program in Nepal. Plantwise, a global program led by CABI, has been working with GoN since 2013, for the improvement of plant health system. This program has also a good impact in the promotion of nonchemical strategies of pest management. Despite of having many national programs, efforts of GoN as well as different non-governmental and community based organizations; a significant progress has not been seen in the use of biological pesticides. This paper has tried to analyze the role of different stakeholders in the promotion of bio-pesticides along with other non-chemical management strategies viz. the trend of recommendations by plant doctors with the information retrieved from Plantwise Online Management System (POMS), perception of farmers as well as agro-input suppliers to the bio-pesticides, plant clinic interventions for bio-pesticides promotion, and policy review for finding reasons for less use of bio-pesticides in the field. Around 200 farmers who visited plant clinics and 50 agro-inputs suppliers from different regions were randomly selected for the survey with the developed questionaire. This paper is a preliminary review of secondary information on relevant policies, acts, regulations, etc. Major problem has been observed in agro-input suppliers among the whole cycle of biopesticide use.

Keywords

IPM, Plant Clinics, Plant Health System, Plant Doctors, Policy, Stakeholders.

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D. Adhikari ¹, S. L. Joshi ², R. B. Thapa ³, V. Pandit ⁴, D. R. Sharma ⁵

Affiliations
1 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kathmandu, NP
2 Entomology Division, NARC, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NP
3 Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal, NP
4 Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), New Delhi, IN
5 Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Centre, Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, NP

Abstract

Fruit fly is one of the important insect pests of horticultural crops, both fruits and vegetables. After aphids, fruit fly was reported as a major insect problem in the plant clinic sessions from September 2013 to July 2016 in Nepal. The groups of horticultural crops most affected by fruit flies were cucurbitaceous vegetables, i.e. 79% of all fruit fly queries (bitter gourd, bottle gourd, chayote, cucumber, pumpkin, snake gourd, sponge gourd and squash) followed by fruits 14% (guava, sweet orange, mandarin, mango, peach, and pomegranate) and solanaceous vegetables 6% (brinjal, chillies and tomato). The fruit fly management measures, such as use of para-pheromone lure/traps, sanitation and cultural measures were mostly referred in plant clinics by plant doctors of Nepal. The availability of para-pheromone lures/traps as well as technical know-how of application focusing integrated management measures should be adopted to manage fruit fly in horticultural crops with the least disruption to the environment and human health.

Keywords

Fruits, Fruit Fly, Para-pheromone, Sanitation, Vegetables.

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