Volume : 5, Issue : 5, May - 2016

Analyzing the barriers of Integrated pest management involved in agro fields of Usilampatti Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India

Vanitha K, Dr. B. Geetha, Dr. S. Dinakaran

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Among the sustainable agricultural strategies, integrated pest management play a vital role. IPM incorporates the entire suite procedures to govern or manage arthropods and pests in crops. It offers a system tactic to pest management and cut pesticide by means and it customs sustainable method. But, in South Indian context, particularly in Usilai Taluk, rice cultivation is at peak, but contrary to this, the awareness among farmers in the participation of IPM lacks behind the actual level, which further needs to improve. Hence, this research was done with aim to study the barriers involved in the implementation of integrated pest management through weeds and arthropods under the circumstances of Usilai Taluk. The common barriers are collected from the existing literatures; further the common barriers are modified as a questionnaire in order of scale, to collect data. In order to analyze the data, multi criteria decision making approach was used, namely analytical hierarchy process (AHP). By which the weightage of the each collected common barriers were identified based on the replies of the decision makers. The results concluded the most effective barrier of IPM implementation with the concern of arthropods and weeds. Furthermore, finally this study ends with some future insights which shed light on major issues of IPM.</p>