Chemicals

There are various pests such as mites, whitefly, fruitfly, leaf miners, borers, termite, San Jose scale, codling moth and rodents that damage the fruit (Apple, grapes and Apricot) orchards. Pesticides are getting dissolved into the ground water thereby increasing the risk of entering into food chain. The extensive use of pesticides with increasing ratio of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has resulted into manifold negative effects not only on the ecosystem but also human life is also on the risk. Project aims to address 1. Loss to agro-biodiversity due to un-sustainable orchard pest management practices 2. Prevalent pest problems such as mites, codling moth, San Jose scale, powdery mildew of fruit orchards (Apple, Grapes and Apricot) 3. Indiscriminate use of pesticides which are equally hazardous to human and climate of the project area 4. Increasing cost of production for fruit growers 5. Increasing resistance in pests due to indiscriminate use of insecticides and emergence of secondary pest problems 6. Lack of scientific farm management skills and knowledge among the orchard growers. 7. Income and quality of life of inhabitants of district Pishin is very poor 8. Lack of skill in crop protection, picking , packing, grading ,transportation and marketing of fruits

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