Pesticide Companies in Chevella Region Name of participants: Nikesh Gadewar (1016), Pradeep (1017), Ritu (1018), Sharad (1019), Shyam Prasad (1020), Aravind Rao (1021). Acknowledgement We thank all the farmers for their participation and for giving valuable feedback which helped us to draw conclusions. We thank concerned faculty members and management for giving a chance to do the survey and gain considerable knowledge on Agri-environment. INTRODUCTION
What is a “Pest”
A pest may be defined as any organism that interferes with
production of the crop. In spite of the general category of pests such as insects, diseases and weeds, there are many other types including nematodes, arthropods etc. Group of insects which cause economic damage to a crop are called as pests. Chemicals used to kill these pests are called pesticides. Pesticides market is very huge where hundreds of companies are performing. This survey helps to find most preferred company of pesticides by the farmers. The pests may be insects, plant diseases, fungi, weeds, nematodes, snails, slugs, etc. CONT……
Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc., are all types of
pesticides. Some pesticides must only contact (touch) the pest to be deadly. Others must be swallowed to be effective. It is estimated that one third of the world's food crop is destroyed by these pests annually. Objectives of the Project I. To Find out most preferred pesticide used by Farmers on Carrot. II. To Find out most preferred pesticide used by Farmers on Cotton. Nature Of Research Descriptive research • The data description is factual, accurate and systematic, based on the feedback given by the farmers. Scope of research • Crops grown and cultural practices • Major pests • Pesticides used to control • Reasons for usage of a specific pesticide. • Cost of cultivation • Profits Research Design • Sampling Method: Convenience Sampling. • Time Taken: 1 week • Sample size: 20 • Geographical area selected : Chevella and surroundings. • Survey Method: Through Questionnaire and interview. Pesticide companies operating in chevella. 1. Bayer (Germany) 2. Tata Rallis 3. Syngenta (Switzerland) 4. BASF (Germany) 5. Monsanto (USA) 6. DuPont (USA) 7. Makhteshim Agan (Israel) 8. Dhanuka 9. Excel Data Collected from the survey From the table above we can find that the farmers in the chevella region grew various crops: Tomato, Cabbage, Carrot, Brinjal, Tomato, Maize, Pulses, Chilli, Paddy, Wheat, Chick pea, Pigeon pea. The soil type found in their fields were: Black Soil: 60%, Red Soil: 40%. Most of the farmers( i.e. 90%) cultivate carrot and 20% did not. They preferred to cultivate Hybrid variety of the crop(100%). Inorder to control the pest like Carrot fly, Foliar might they used the pesticides like (Contaf (Hexaconazole), pirimiphos-methylin, diazinon). Every farmer in the region used the product of TATA rallis on carrot crop. Most of the farmers got their pesticide from the local dealer. The choice of pesticide used was based on their self experience. The choice of the product was based on the factors like cost, availibity, quality, results. The other most preferred companies Syngenta, Maktheshim, Dhanuka. The cost of the pesticide was less than Rs 500/. From the above table we can find that the farmers mostly cultivated the BT variety of cotton crop. Inorder to control the pests like White fly, Bollworm, Leaf hoppers, Aphids on coton crop they used the pesticides like Monocrotophos, Mancozeb, Imidacloprid, Acetamprid, Endosulfan, Acephate. The most preferred product (pesticide) on cotton crop was of Dhanuka Agritech tech. And the other companies preferred are syngenta, maktheshim, magarjuna agrichem. FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH It was found that the Farmers in chevella region mostly preferred to use the product (pesticide) of TATA Rallis on carrot crop. And on cotton crop most preferred product (pesticide) is Dhanuka Agri Tech. Experiences Helped to know cropping patterns Got considerable knowledge on agriculture environment. Helped to understand farmer psychology. Came to know the importance of relationship building and developing conviction with farmers to get authentic information.