National IPM Programme

 

Vision Statement

 

To achieve environmentally sound and sustainable agricultural production ensuring food security, social equity, self-reliance and economic welfare of the producer.

 

Goal

 

Large scale and sustainable implementation of IPM in Pakistan , rationalizing the use of pesticide while maintaining production levels and increasing farmer’s profit. Nat-IPM is established for the purpose of:

 

Objectives

 

The overall objective is to ensure better coordination and adoption of effective IPM approaches that are more responsive to the needs of practitioners and clients. The Programme aims to:

 

  1. Enhance communication, coordination and strengthen collaboration among IPM stakeholders
  2. Make efforts to promote ecologically sound and issue oriented IPM approaches for the benefit of the society
  3. Facilitate the formulation and execution of projects, advocating optimum use of available resources to enhance productivity of cropping systems
  4. Communicate the results of these efforts, the benefits of IPM and relevant policy decisions to the public widely
  5. Establish international linkages

 

The Programme is undertaking the following strategic steps and actions:

 

  1. Facilitating review of plant protection and IPM polices.
  2. Introducing promoting IPM philosophy in educational institutions by pursuing respective departments for inclusion of IPM policies and syllabi in schools, colleges and universities.
  3. Enhancing public awareness and establishing IPM information network (NIPMIN) to provide update science based information to the stakeholders.
  4. Promoting and coordinating research &development in IPM including study of various agro-ecosystems and indigenous knowledge.
  5. Facilitating and coordinating IPM implementation by provincial extension departments and promoting cooperation & collaboration between institutions and provinces.

 

 

National IPM Programme has following components: