Feed the Future Nepal Integrated Pest Management

Feed the Future Nepal Integrated Pest Management (FTFNIPM): Associate Award

FTFNIPM is a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded project that aims to strengthen the capacity of Nepal’s agricultural system to safely, effectively, and sustainably respond to and manage existing and emerging threats to plant health. FTFNIPM supports the inclusive transfer and adoption of IPM technologies and packages for the FTF focus value chains of vegetables, maize, rice, and lentil across Nepal, enhancing the enabling environment for safe and effective plant protection.

Articles, Press Releases, Success Stories

2023

• From Training to Innovation: Entrepreneur Develops Tricho-Vermicompost Business with Support from IPM Innovation Lab. Agrilinks. 7-5-23
• Improving food security through biocontrol: Virginia Tech program supports biocontrol of the destructive fall armyworm in Nepal and Bangladesh. NewAGInternational. 6-29-23
• International training for Nepal and Bangladesh officials on "Production Protocol of Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Fall Armyworm." ICAR. 5-22-23. 
• International Training Workshop on "Mass Rearing and Release of Parasitoids" in Bangladesh. IAPPS Newsletter. 1-5-23

2022

• The Benefits and Constraints of Integrated Pest Management in Nepal: Findings and Recommendations from a GESI Analysis. Agrilinks. 11-4-22
• Fall Armyworm in Nepal: The Importance of Early, Targeted Intervention. Entomology Today. 8-9-22
• Knowledge, Management and Gender Implications of Pesticide Safety in Nepal. Agrilinks. 3-22-22

2021

• Nepali Women Improve Inclusive Access to Inputs: Insights from the Field. Agrilinks. 4-14-21
• Understanding GESI: Pathways to Inclusive Integrated Pest Management in Nepal. Agrilinks. 3-18-21
• 2020 Integrated Pest Management Research, Data and Findings: A Look Back. Agrilinks. 2-9-21

2020

• New Study Reveals Natural Enemies of Fall Armyworm in Both Asia and Africa.Entomology Today. 7-23-20
• Virginia Tech partners with Nepal to provide virtual pesticide safety training.VT News. 7-22-20
• COVID-19 response in developing countries: Virginia Tech team adapts agricultural services when farmers need them most. VT News. 6-12-20
• IPM Innovation Lab and iDE maintain, increase plant protection services during global pandemic. CIRED Connect. 6-1-20
• Biocontrol of Fall Armyworm: The Chain Reaction that Led to Regional and Cross-Continental Management. Agrilinks. 3-19-20
• Virginia Tech, USAID Partner to Promote Inclusive Agricultural Development in Nepal. VT News. 2-25-20

Scientific Publications

2020

• Bajracharya, Ajaya Shree Ratna, Bhat, Binu, Sharma, Premnidhi, Sharma, Shashank, Pathour R., Meshram, Naresh M., Hashmi, Tasheen, Raza. First Record of Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda (J.E. Smith) From Nepal. Indian Journal of Entomology.
• Elibariki, Nsami, Bajracharya, Ajaya Shree Ratna, Bhat, Binu, Tefera, Tadele, Mottern, Jason L., Evans, Gregory, Muniappan, Rangaswamy, Dhoj, Yubak, Pallangyo, Beatrice, Likhayo, Paddy. Candidates for Augmentative Biological Control of Spodoptera Frugiperdain Kenya, Tanzania, and Nepal. Indian Journal of Entomology. 

Collaborators

Komal Pradhan 

Chief of Party

iDE, Nepal

Ajaya Shree Ratna Bajracharya

Senior Scientist, Entomology Division 

NARC, Nepal

Ghanashyam Bhandari

Scientist

National Maize Research Station, Rampur, Nepal

Lalit Sah

Senior Technical Specialist 

iDE, Nepal

Keshabbaba Koirala 

National Maize Coordinator

National Maize Research Station, Rampur, Nepal

Prem Nidhi Sharma 

Chief and Senior Scientist 

NARC, Nepal

Soma Rana,

GESI Specialist,

iDE, Nepal