IPM for whom?
The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) division of the state agriculture department advises farmers on pest control and is supposed to train them about the judicious use of pesticides. Farmers in Malwa, however, deny receiving such training. IPM is based on the economic threshold level set by the Punjab Agriculture University. The economic threshold determines when pesticide spraying on crops is necessary. But many people allege that the economic threshold level is often manipulated. They also allege that rather than restricting the use of pesticides to minimum, the ipm programme encourages spraying by attributing good yields to them.
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