| Project Name |
Promotion of Integrated Pest Management Approaches against Fruit Borer and Viral Diseases of Tomato in Mid Western Region of Nepal |
| Funding Agency |
NARDF |
| Project Location |
Hirminia VDC of Banke and Latikoili VDC of Surkhet |
| Project Period |
December 2006 to November 2009 |
| Target Group |
Commercial tomato growers of Mid Western Region (600 households) |
| Project Partners |
1. Manikapur Farmers' Multipurpose Cooperative, Latikoili-3, Surkhet
2. District Agricultural Development Office, Banke |
| Total Budget (NRs) |
2,994,538.00 |
| Project Objective |
Increase farmers' access to suitable management practices against fruit borer and viral disease thereby increasing the production and productivity of tomato and income of farmers. |
| Expected Outputs |
- Information consolidation and validation
- Uptake pathways for rapid dissemination of IPM approaches developed
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| Major Activities |
- Community sensitization, group formation and mobilization
- Participatory evaluation of Insect-pest and disease tolerant lines
- Integrated fruit borer and white fly management trial
- Study on the efficacy of different trap crops in pest monitoring
- IPM demonstrations
- Establishment of multipurpose nurseries of pesticidal plants
- Farmers and staffs training on IPM approaches on tomato
- Stakeholders' workshops and Joint monitoring
- Publicity of research findings and success stories in local and national news media: booklets, technical reports, etc
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| Major Achievements |
- Over 600 farmers were sensitized and went through the participatory research and demonstration activities in the field.
- Two Helicoverpa Nuclear Polyhydrosis Virus (HNPV) recycling units, on each in Latikoli, Surkhet and another in Sitapur, Banke, have been established.
- Appropriate technologies for the management of fruit borer and virus management in tomato validated and appropriate solutions recommended accordingly.
- Tomato production area of the recommended varieties in the project clusters increased substantially.
- Government organizations and other private service providers were made aware about the outcomes of the projects and recommended technological options.
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Recommendations |
- Sowing of sunflower seed @10-15 plants/kattha about one week prior to tomato transplanting protects the crops from pod borer.
- Planting tomato in post rainy seems (October) more remunerative than in normal season as it fetches higher price in the market.
- HNPV is effective for the management of Helicoverpa and can be recycled in local level.
- Milk spray @10-15 ml/litre three times at 10 days interval after the initiation of disease is effective.
- Virus recycling established in the farm communities should be mobilized to scale out lessons learnt in wider areas.
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