Author:
Miraj Paudel, Aruna Paudel, Ramesh Upreti

Doi: 10.26480/jtin.01.2024.30.34

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This study was conducted in 2023 to know the Farmers knowledge and perception on insect pest of rice and its management practices in Pyuthan, Nepal. In this study, district 4 wards of Pyuthan municipality under PMAMP rice zone were purposively selected to assess the insect pests prevailing in rice field and storage and methods used for their management. Primary data were collected by the use of pretested interview questionnaires from 80 respondents, selected at random. The data were processed and analyzed by using descriptive statistics through MS-excel and SPSS. The analyses showed that the main insects prevailing in the field were rice leaf folder and rice yellow stem borer. Similarly rice moth and rice weevil were dominant in storage condition. Two months stage was found to be the most severe in terms of insect pest susceptibility. Majority of respondents used chemical methods for insect management with pesticide from agro-vets which was ranked first in terms of effectiveness. Most respondents followed the advice of Agro-vets for insect management and pesticide estimation and had limited idea about hazards of pesticide. Improper dose estimation was prevalent in many farmers. Most of the respondents had not received any training on insect management and no one had practiced IPM methods in their field. Knowledge about IPM and its adoption in field is found very negligible hence FFS should be conducted and demonstration trial should be conducted in farmers’ field with their active participation.