ICT based pest surveillance and advisory services in India: A review Singh Niranjan*, Sardana H.R. ICAR-National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM), L.B.S. Building, I.A.R.I., Pusa Campus, New Delhi - 110 012, India *niranjan.singh1@icar.gov.in>
Online published on 18 May, 2022. Abstract IPM is a knowledge intensive approach to crop protection that emphasizes regular pest surveillance/monitoringso as to determine “whether and what pest management action is necessary”. Pest surveillance or monitoring is the cornerstone of the philosophy of integrated pest management (IPM) as compared to calendar-based treatments. The basic purpose of surveillance is to determine whether pests are present in the field at a level to initiate pest management interventions. The decisions such as selection and timing of pest management intervention if necessary are always contingent on correct information about level of pest of incidence in farmers’ fields and available management options. ICT based pest surveillance and advisory services, a kind of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) greatly speed up and automate the process of pest surveillance and issuing advisories to the farmers. These tools capture, organize and analyze pest incidence information from farmers’ fields, determine “whether and what pest management option is required”, if required, timely disseminate the appropriate pest management option as advisory to the farmers. Many such DSSs have been developed for in the field of plant protection by various public and private organizations in the country which have been elaborated in this review. Top Keywords ICT, Pest surveillance/monitoring, Decision-making, Integrated Pest Management, Advisories. Top |