DFID Funds ICRISATchr(39)s Project in Nepal to Promote Integrated Pest Management Technologies, April, 2001

Released on 5 Apr 2001
The Department for International Development (DFID), through the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), UK, is providing financial support of US$ 68,500 to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) from April 2000 to March 2001 for collaborative research on "Promoting the adoption of improved disease and pest management technologies in chickpea by poor farmers in mid-hills and hillside cropping systems in Nepal."
This project is promoting the on-farm adoption of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system centered on the use of safe control technologies, disease tolerance, and insect biocontrol, through the Nepal Agricultural Research Council and non-governmental organizations.
Drs. J.M. Lenné, ICRISAT Deputy Director General and Suresh Pande, Chickpea Scientist steered this collaborative project proposal.