Abstract
A study on integrated pest management (IPM) practices adopted by the mango growers was carried out at Mujibnagar Upazila under Meherpur district of Bangladesh during August-September 2018 using structured questionnaire. Randomly selected 112 mango growers were used for the study. Results indicated that 75.9% of the respondents were highly adopted with IPM practices during mango cultivation. According to IPM Practices Use Index (IPUI), harvesting at right stage was ranked 1st and use of sex pheromone trap was ranked 10th as commonly used IPM tactic by the growers. The use of logistic regression model in this study was identified as the significant factor of IPM adoption, explore several factors, including contact with IPM club, IFMC and Farmers Field School (FFS) and annual income from mango cultivation. SAARC J. Agric., 19(1): 125-138 (2021)
Highlights
Global food production is seriously affected by several biotic and abiotic factors and insect-pests and diseases are the most limiting factors for crop production (Wilson, 2001)
It might be due to their considerable level of formal education, sound knowledge on integrated pest management (IPM) practices in mango cultivation, considerable level of cosmopolitanism, more knowledge on pesticide application which made their attitude favorable towards IPM practices
It was evident that the adoption of IPM practices by mango growers was in satisfactory level
Summary
Global food production is seriously affected by several biotic and abiotic factors and insect-pests and diseases are the most limiting factors for crop production (Wilson, 2001). Satkhira, Jashore, Meherpur, Khulna are major growing areas of mango in Bangladesh. As well as the non-judicious use of pesticides cause environmental pollution through adulteration of soil surface, ground and surface water (Kabir and Rainis, 2012). To avoid such consequences and at the same time to increase the crop production on a sustainable basis, a viable alternative to sole dependence on chemical pesticides is integrated pest management (Zul-Ekram, 2014; Anderson et al.,1996; Migliore et al, 2012; Del Giudice et al, 2018). Considering the importance of IPM practices, the present study was undertaken to focus on determining the extent of adoption of IPM practices by mango growers as well as identifying the factors that influenced the adoption of IPM practices in mango cultivation at Meherpur region in Bangladesh
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