Non-Pesticidal Management is agroecological approach to pest management in crops without using chemical pesticides. Centre for Sustainable Agriculture is one of the pioneers in evolving this model in partnership with farmers, grassroots organisations; and scaling up through various programs across the country from 2004 onwards.
After implementing in the 2005-06 NPM is widely accepted by academicians, developmental organisations and in agroecological approaches. In these 15 years, NPM has also evolved based on the issues faced, lessons learnt and resource constraints in some areas. With all those learning, the course is designed to suit the front-line workers and resource persons to take the approach to the farmers.This is an introduction to Non Pesticidal Management where one can get an over view of what is wrong with current paradigm of pest management, how pests can be understood and managed.
If you are interested further to understand the pests, diseases and weed management in crops in detail register for Advanced Course on Non Pesticidal Management
Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 27 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- Section 1 Current Paradigm of Pest Management4 Items
- Section 2 Shifting Paradigms in Pest Management2 ItemsMoving away from killing approach
- Section 3: Genetically modified crops in pest, disease and weed management: issues and concerns9 Itemsssues with Genetically Modified Crops, Biosafety, Pest management paradigm with Insecticidal proteins, lessons learnt from Bt Cotton
- 3.0GMO-101: WHAT IS GENETIC ENGINEERING?
- 3.1GMO-102: GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN PEST, DISEASES, AND WEED MANAGEMENT
- 3.2GMO-103: INSECT RESISTANT BT CROPS AND ISSUES
- 3.3GMO-104: TWO DECADES OF BT COTTON IN INDIA-LESSONS LEARNT
- 3.4GMO-105: HERBICIDE TOLERANT COTTON AND IMPACTS
- 3.5GMO-107: BT BRINJAL-THE CONTROVERSIES AND THE MORATORIUM
- 3.6GMO-108: GM MUSTARD AND CONCERNS
- 3.7GMO-109: BIOSAFETY ISSUES AND REGULATORY SYSTEM OF GM CROPS IN INDIA
- 3.8GMO-110: LABELLING AND CONSUMER CHOICES
- Section 4: Non Pesticidal Management6 ItemsHow to manage pests without using pesticides
- Section 5: Case Studies3 ItemsSuccessful cases
- Section 6: Conclusions and Way forward3 ItemsConclusions and way forward
