Attitude of Farmers Towards Integrated Pest Management Practices : Attitude towards IPM

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an ecological approach to pest control where all available pest control methods are used in a unified manner by minimizing adverse side effect to the environment. For sustainable agriculture, IPM is an important practice with the minimal of ecological disruption. Attitude of an individual means feelings, thoughts and predisposition to act towards some aspect of his environment. The present work is intended to study the attitude of rice cultivating farmers towards the IPM practices.