Legal measures of insect pest management for slideshare

Legal measures of insect pest management for slideshare

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  Legal Measures OnInsect Pest Management on Nepal Prepared And Presented By Bishnu Prasad Joshi and Team
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  Legal control ? Restriction in the movement of certain commodity inside or outside the country or within different places of a country by making certain rules and regulations.  For example, citrus greening is a major problem in Pokhara and movement of seedlings, grafts from Pokhara to different places if restricted, is legal control.
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  When started?  whenthe grape Phylloxera got introduced into France from America  And the San Jose scale spread into U.S.A. in the later part of the 19th century and caused severe damage.
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  Why legal controlnecessary?  When insects and other animals appear as pests in epidemic form, they become formidable enemies and, in most cases, cannot be Controlled with individual effort  Required for stopping the accidental entry, from outside the country, of certain pests, which may not be present in that country.  Discipline must be enforced among citizens not to bring in certain prohibited material, which they might attempt because of ignorance of the danger involved, or because of sheer temptation.
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  Categories of legislativemeasures: i) Legislation to prevent the introduction of foreign pests, diseases and weeds. ii) Legislation to prevent the spread of already established pests, diseases and pests within the country or within a particular State. iii) Legislation for notified campaigns of control against pests i.e. legislation to enforce upon farmers the application of effective control measures to prevent damage by already established pests, diseases and weeds. iv) Legislation to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and mishandling of insecticides or other devices used for the control of pests and to determine their permissible residue tolerance in food stuffs. v) Legislation to regulate the activities of men engaged in pest control operations and the application of hazardous insecticides.
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  GOVERNMENT STRATEGY  Especiallyduring the 1970s, pesticide use increased with the beginning of agricultural technology transformation in the farmers to increase production for food security.  The main promoters of pesticide in Nepal are:  Cotton Development Committee  Agricultural Inputs Corporation,  Government Agriculture farm and Research Stations,  District Agriculture Development Offices  And Frontline Extension Workers.
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  Nepal has beenemphasizing the IPM from the beginning to date with the technical and financial support of FAO and some outputs are as follows:  Technical Cooperation Project (FAO/TCP): 1997-1999  Community IPM program : 2000  National IPM Program –Phase I : 2003 - 2007  National IPM Program –Phase II: 2008- 2013
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  Banded plant andtheir product in Nepal: S.N. Plants and their product Banded insects Banded countries 1 Potato Colorado Beetle North America and European Countries 2 Fruit Fruit Flies Mexico, Mid America, South America, USA, African, Europe, Australia 3 Tobacco Tobacco Moth North America, Kango, Mojambiya, West Africa 4 Cotton Boll Worm Peru and other Western countries
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  Act and regulationrelated to pest management in nepal: Plant Protection Act, 2007 Plant Protection Rules, 2010 Biopesticides Act, 2048 Biopesticides Rules, 2050 Seed Act, 2045
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  Institutions involved inplant quarantine in nepal:  National plant quarantine program, Hariharbhawan  Regional plant quarantine program  Plant quarantine checkpost.
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  Regional plant quarantine program: Kakadvitta, Jhapa  Birgunj, Parsa  Bhairahawa, Rupandehi  Nepalgunj, Banke  Gaddachuki, Kanchanpur
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  Plant Quarantine Checkpost: Biratnagar, Morang  Bhantabari, Sunsari  Jaleshwor, Mahottari  Malangwa, Sarlahi  Krishnanagar, Kapilvastu  Kerung, Rasuwa  Tatopani, Sindhupalchock  Tribhuvan International Airport
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  Nepal has beenemphasizing the IPM from the beginning to date with the technical and financial support of FAO and some outputs are as follows:  Technical Cooperation Project (FAO/TCP): 1997-1999  Community IPM program : 2000  National IPM Program –Phase I : 2003 - 2007  National IPM Program –Phase II: 2008- 2013
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