INTEGRATED PEST
MANAGEMENT
in
PALESTINE
INTRODUCTION
-Agriculture sector is considered one of the
major productive sector in Palestine.
-Scarcity of land compared to the population
of Palestine, forced the intensive agriculture.
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-This made numerous problems, one of
which is the spread of pests and causes
great damage to the crops during growth.
-As a consequence farmers pay a great
attention and cost to the protection of their
crops by using the available pesticides.
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- Application of pesticides has become the
major problem of modern agriculture.
- Many pesticides are toxic for:
Plants - Domestic animals - Wild life - The human
being who misuse the chemical pesticides and
consumes agricultural products that contains
residues.
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AND elimination of natural enemies useful
in the fight against these pests safely.
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For years, Palestine farmers have followed
the same trend used in the word of
exclusively focusing on the use of chemical
pesticides.
In many cases farmers rarely use other safe
environmental methods due to the lack of
knowledge and information about IPM.
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For the reasons mentioned..
The orientation of the Ministry of Agriculture,
and within the strategic plans at the
national level, is the tendency to legalize
the use of agricultural pesticides and adopt
an integrated pest management “IPM’…
and…
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and harnessing all its energies to achieve this
goal, at the level of public and private
sector, by raising the capacity of
professionals in the field of integrated pest
management, as well as farmers alike.
and…
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and opening lines with all international
organizations that deal with this issue to
gain maximum benefit that can be made in
this area.
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In this regard, held many successful
activities and projects in Palestine, used
a wide range of methods of integrated
pest management.
Which…
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which reflected positively on the level of
access to food crops are free of
residues of toxic pesticides, in addition
to maintaining the integrity of the
environment and human beings, and
not harm the useful natural enemies,
and also, of course, less expensive.
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MAJOR
IPM Activities
in
PALESTINE
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Using IPM helped positively to the reduction
of the dangers of this pest, through the
following methods:
- Hygiene: remove the infected parts of the
farm and burned or buried, and weed
control.
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- Use Different types of
traps (water traps with
pheromone, Light traps).
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- mass trapping sexual
attraction phermone
(Aquatic traps).- Entrance of the greenhouse:
double entrance to protect
from entering the insect
(butterfly).
Farmer Field Schools [FFS]
Farmer Field Schools [FFS]
Until 2005, Palestine had no IPM policy
nor food law and regulations, but
has set a target to reduce pesticides
by 50 percent!!
Farmer Field Schools [FFS]
Impact studies revealed the following results
on the effectiveness of IPM/FFS training
for Greenhouse farmers in West Bank:
Major achievements:
I: Greenhouse Cucumber FFSs
IPM cucumber –greenhouse farmers were managed to spray only 4 times all along
the growing season, while the Conventional greenhouse farmers sprayed an
average of 15 times. 73% reduction in pesticides applications due to farmers
training.
Major achievements:
Greenhouse Tomato FFSs
Farmer Field Schools [FFS]
Reduction in total input costs on an
average by 20% .
Farmer Field Schools [FFS]
Farmers gained better understanding
about pesticides’ impact on human
health and pay more attention to preharvest intervals when handling agrochemicals compared to non FFS trained
farmers.
Producing IPM posters
Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
The Palestinian territories are currently infested by
two major species of fruit flies:
- Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata )
- Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae)
MAIN GOALS of SIT
- Reach a fruit fly low prevalence area
(Suppression).
- To reduce the fruit fly population and thereby
limit damage and spread
- Finally to reach a fruit fly free area (Eradication)
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-3 million sterile males released weekly.
Therefore..
It is necessary to continue to change
the old approach in plant protection by
adopting a philosophy of integrated
pest management, at the level of
government and private sector.
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In doing so, only, we can get a healthy crop
is free of toxic residues of pesticides, as
well as maintain the integrity of the
environment, and achieve the goal the
elimination of harmful agricultural pests.
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