Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
DD Aglawe, NK Bhute, ND Kale, RP Kadam, RD Ahire, JV Ekale and PS Kapse

Abstract:
Cotton the important cash crop, globally known as “King of Fibre” offers an important natural fabric material to the world has been a point of fascination. In the 2016-17 kharif season the entire 42 lakh hectares of cotton crop in Maharashtra get infested by pink bollworm. Maharashtra government provided compensation of crores of rupees towards crop damage of cotton growers whose crop is damaged by the attack of pink bollworm. State Agriculture Department, SAU’s, KVK,s conducted massive campaign for the Integrated Management of pink bollworm as Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is one of the important tool in pest management. In this investigation we identify 7 parameters that impacts on cotton growers with the help of structure interview schedule. The quantifications of impact of integrated pest management technology was appropriately defined based on expert knowledge and published relevant literature. The outcome of the investigation that the integrated pest management technology impact on cotton growers in terms of increase in yield, increase in income, reduction in number of insecticide sprays, reduction in expenditure on number of insecticide sprays, reduction in cost of cultivation, increase in gross return and increase in BC ratio of the cotton growers. We conclude that integrated pest management technology is better for the cotton growers.