Comparative Study of Integrated Pest Management and Farmers Practices on Sustainable Environment in the Rice Ecosystem

Table 3

Record of farmers’ practices in the rice ecosystem in 2010-11.

Components of integrated practices	Sarderpara	Uttarsagardi	Gabtala	Major threats/Environmental degradation
Collection of egg mass	Not applied	Not applied	Not applied	Reduction of beneficial insects, toxicity to soil, air, and water, health hazards, and outbreak of secondary pests; Higher cost to benefit ratio and microbial toxicity
Sweeping	Not applied	Not applied	Not applied
Perching	Applied at tillering stage	Applied at tillering stage	Applied at tillering stage
Application of insecticides	Cartap	Cartap	Cartap