What to do?
- Resort to deep ploughing during the summer season. Use pest resistant varieties of crops (such as BT Cotton) etc. and manage pests by adopting crop rotation, intercropping, trap-cropping.
- Use light trap/sticky traps.
- Use parasites and predators for biological control of the pests.
- For controlling insects pests, use Sex Pheromone trap, Nuclear Poly-Hydrosis Virus (NPV), Pseudomonas and Trichogramma card.
- Promote the use of organic and neem-based insecticides.
- Use chemical pesticides only if the above-listed measures are not effective, that too as per the recommendations of the experts and also take following precautions:
- Follow all the prescribed safety precautions while using chemical pesticides,
- While spraying the pesticides, always wear safety gadgets like mask, hand- gloves etc,
- Always spray in the direction of wind and keep yourself safe from the spray drift,
- Always keep pesticides, plant protection equipment under lock and key away from children and pets.
- While purchasing pesticides, must see the packing and validity date of the chemical,
- In the case of any pesticide poisoning, immediately contact a doctor, also carry the empty container and information booklet of the pesticide.
S.No. |
Type of assistance |
Quantum of assistance |
Scheme |
| 1 | Support for a demonstration of Integrated Pest Management in farmers’ field. | Maximum limit per hectare Mustard – Trichoderma, Neem Rs. 1500 Groundnut- Trichoderma, Chrysoperla, NPV, Neem – Rs. 1627
Soybean – Trichoderma, NPV, Neem Rs. 1500 Sunflower -Trichoderma, Chrysoperla, NPV, BT- ` 1230 Maize – Trichoderma, Chrysoperla, BT – Rs. 1480 |
ISOPOM (for Groundnut, Soybean, Niger, Rapeseed, Mustard, Sunflower, Safflower, Castor, Linseed, Maize) |
| 2 | Demonstration of Integrated Pest Management on farmers’ field. | Rs. 22680 per demonstration | -do- |
| 3 | Distribution of insecticides and weedicides. | 50% of the cost or Rs. 500 per hectare whichever is less | -do- |
| 4 | Support for IPM, pesticides, Integrated Nutrient Management, Fertigation, Tree Guard etc. | 50% of the cost limited to Rs. 5000 per hectare | Special programme on Oil Palm area expansion. |
| 5 | Support for Fungicides for seed treatment, pesticides, biocontrol agents, NPV (Virus), organic pesticide pheromone trap etc. for Pulse production. | Up to Rs. 860 to Rs. 1450 per unit per hectares, | Accelerated Pulse Production Programme. (A 3P) |
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6 |
Distribution of plant protection chemicals and organic pesticides in paddy crop |
50% of the cost or Rs. 500 per hectare whichever is less |
National Food Security Mission Rice |
| 7 | Distribution of chemical and organic pesticide for IPM in pulse crops | 50% of the cost or Rs. 750 per hectare whichever is less | National Food Security Mission |
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8 |
Integrated Pest Management in horticultural crops. |
Limited to 4 hectares per beneficiary @ Rs. 1000 per hectare. |
National Horticulture Mission and Horticulture Mission for North- Eastern and Himalayan States, |
| 9 | Supply of bio-agents / bio-pesticides | 25% of the cost limited to Rs. 500 /ha | Macro Management of Agriculture |
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10 |
Crop protection implement/ improved Agri implements. |
Rs. 10000 Limit |
SCP, TSP & OTSP (State Govt.) |
| 11 | Bio-intensive at different stages | Bio-intensive at different stages of crop growth. 50% cost mustard Rs. 930, Groundnut Rs. 1627.50, Soybean Rs. 48
Sunflower Rs. 1230 |
Oilseed Production Programme
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| 12 | Plant protection chemicals | 50% cost of chemicals or Rs. 500/ha whichever is less | Oilseed Production Programme |
| 13 | Supply of Weedicides | 50% cost of chemicals or Rs. 500/ha whichever is less | Oilseed Production Programme |
| 14 | Supply of Rhizo and PSB | 50% cost of culture or Rs. 100/ha whichever is less | Oilseed Production Programme |
Whom to Contact
- Nearest Office of Taluka Agriculture Officer, Sub-divisional Agriculture Officer, District Superintending Agriculture Officer, Divisional Joint Director of Agriculture
- Website of Agriculture Department – www.mahaagri.gov.in
- Kisan Call Center (Toll-Free No.) – 1800 – 180 – 1551
