INTEGRATED PEST MGMT

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The project will inter alia support: (a) human resource development to promote a bottom-up concept of extension services and farmer-participatory approach for implementing the integrated pest management (IPM) program (about 520 pest observers, 1,100 extension workers and 800,000 farmers will be trained, with about 30 percent of trainees being women); (b) supporting studies and field investigations (i) to develop appropriate farmer-responsive technology, including a program of investigation into pest/natural enemy interactions in different eco-systems; (ii) an occupational health study, and (iii) contracted out research to local universities; and (c) strengthening the regulatory and environmental management of pesticides. This will include a review and strengthening of the effectiveness of the pesticides commission, review and phase-out of the most hazardous pesticides, collation/dissemination of information and improvements in labelling, packaging, storage, as well as undertaking the environmental audits of manufacturing/formulation plants.