Assessment of awareness and knowledge level of farmers about IPM technologies in mustard crop

The IPM approach encompasses all available control techniques to contain and combat pest infestation with the aim of lessening the pesticides load in the environment. It is simply not the juxtaposition of superimposition of two or more control techniques, but the integration of alt suitable management techniques in a harmonious manner with natural regulating and limiting elements of the environment. Present study was conducted in Kanpur Dehat district of U.P. Selecting two development blocks of the district randomly, 100 farmers each from these two blocks were chosen randomly to make the sample size of 200. Study reveals that most of the farmers (95.0%) were unaware about bio-agents as means of IPM technology, In other technology segments like ‘light/pheromone traps ’, farmers were also unaware (93.0%). Similarly, 92 per cent were unaware about the applicability of “trap crops ” as means of IPM. Farmers ’knowledge about crop rotation and interculture operations was reported 64.0 per cent and 85.0 per cent respectively. In case of biological methods of IPM technologies, all farmers (100.0%) were found ignorant (unknown) and in the similar fashion, no any farmer was found having knowledge about ‘seed treatment ’and ‘soil treatment ’practices as IPM technology segment/chemical methods in mustard crop.