Present status and future needs for making biopesticides and IPM popular
A number of microbial and botanical biopesticides are available in Indian market and there are certainly others available elsewhere. However despite programmes that are in progress to popularize these biopesticides, their widespread use has not been witnessed, and as indicated earlier, biopesticides and IPM have yet to become popular with the farmers. Following are some of the solution to make them popular : (i) The quality of the available biopesticides need to be improved and small companies should invest in quality production. (ii) It is necessary to develop an industry to develop awareness among the farmers, about the benefits of biopesticides.


