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Indigenous pest management practices prevalent among hill farmers in Uttarakhand – A paper in the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Indigenous pest management practices were used before the arrival of chemical pest management and were location and pest specific besides being cheap.

Manish Chandola

Surya Rathore

Posted on 17 Apr, 2011 04:57 PM

This paper in the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge aims to describe indigenous pest management (IPM) practices being followed by farmers of Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand and their belief behind following them.With those practices, farmers would manage pests effectively without deteriorating environment. These practices could be very important if incorporated into integrated pest management research to enrich the research process and make it more relevant for the farmers.

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