Lalmonirhat Sadar's agriculture office sets light traps, a lamp over a pan of soapy or kerosene water, across nine unions and the municipality every week and advises spraying only after counting the pests caught.
Yellow and blue sticky traps are a non-toxic way to control aphids, whiteflies and sucking pests; agriculture workers put their cost at Tk 7,000-8,000 a hectare against Tk 30,000-40,000 for pesticide.
CropsICAR's integrated pest management centre showed Rajasthan tribal farmers how hand-picking, traps, natural enemies and targeted baits bring the pest under control.
Agricultural researchers say integrated pest management (IPM), using sex pheromone, yellow sticky and light traps and perching, must be spread widely to cut pesticide residues and protect biodiversity.
CropsICA, Cenicaña and Ingenio Providencia are running three parasitoid releases in Versalles, Valle del Cauca, and early monitoring shows Diatraea numbers falling, with at least 50 percent control expected.
CropsA Jagonews24 article published on 30 June 2026 warned that falling soil organic matter, excess chemical fertiliser and indiscriminate pesticide use were weakening Bangladesh's agriculture, and called for soil test-based fertilising and integrated pest management.
CropsA Jagonews24 guide published in June 2025 set out the rules for growing vegetables in the rainy season: land that sheds water, loose soil and beds, good seed, careful pest control, drainage and mulch. Guidance from BARI and the DAE supplies the detail behind each rule.
CropsIn November 2024 farmers in several villages of Ujangram union, Kushtia Sadar, were growing about 15 kinds of vegetables on some 100 acres without chemical pesticides, using integrated pest management. They said bio-pesticides and sex pheromone traps had cut their costs.
FruitsWhite, cotton-like patches on pomegranate leaves, twigs and fruit mean mealybugs are sucking the tree's sap. Here is how to recognise them and control them with pruning, trunk bands, natural enemies and neem, keeping chemical sprays as a last resort.
