A survey was carried out in vegetable pocket areas of Dhankuta, Baglung, Dhading (midhills)
and Bara (tercti) Districts with an objective to fitul out the magnitude of pesticide use in
different vegetable crops. A total of 25-35 vegetable farmers were interrogated from each
district using semi-structured questionnaires. Effons were made to gather information on
types of vegetable grown, prevalence of insect pests and diseases, extent of damage caused
by pests and commonly used pest management methods and materials, and pesticide
application frequencies. Data showed that the cabbage, cauliflower, rayo, pea, radish.
carrot, eggplants. onion, different kinds of gourds, cucumber etc are the major vegetable
crops grown in all surveyed districts. Insect pests were identified as the major cause for
quantitative and qualitative loss in vegetable crops in all the districts. Most damaging insects
in the mid-hills in different seasons were aphid, white grub, diamond back moth, cabbage
buttetfly, red ant, cutworms, flea beetles, fntit fly, whereas eggplant shoot and fruit borer,
red pumpkin beetle, fmit fly, cab~age butteifly were found responsible for major damages in
terai plains. All the interrogated farmers applied chemical pesticides for the management of
these pests. The major chemical pesticides that were used for the management of pests like
aphids, diamond back moth and cabbage buttetf/y were metacid, anumite, cypermethrin etc.
and pesticides often used to manage soil insects (red ant, cut worm, white grub) were
clzloropyriphO.\', phorate and malathion dusts. The pesticide frequency of pesticide
application wa~ higher in summer vegetable crops i.e. 10-22 times in a crop season as
compared to wiflter vegetable crops (2-16 times/crop season) in all the four districts.

A survey was carried out in vegetable pocket areas of Dhankuta, Baglung, Dhading (midhills)
and Bara (tercti) Districts with an objective to fitul out the magnitude of pesticide use in
different vegetable crops. A total of 25-35 vegetable farmers were interrogated from each
district using semi-structured questionnaires. Effons were made to gather information on
types of vegetable grown, prevalence of insect pests and diseases, extent of damage caused
by pests and commonly used pest management methods and materials, and pesticide
application frequencies. Data showed that the cabbage, cauliflower, rayo, pea, radish.
carrot, eggplants. onion, different kinds of gourds, cucumber etc are the major vegetable
crops grown in all surveyed districts. Insect pests were identified as the major cause for
quantitative and qualitative loss in vegetable crops in all the districts. Most damaging insects
in the mid-hills in different seasons were aphid, white grub, diamond back moth, cabbage
buttetfly, red ant, cutworms, flea beetles, fntit fly, whereas eggplant shoot and fruit borer,
red pumpkin beetle, fmit fly, cab~age butteifly were found responsible for major damages in
terai plains. All the interrogated farmers applied chemical pesticides for the management of
these pests. The major chemical pesticides that were used for the management of pests like
aphids, diamond back moth and cabbage buttetf/y were metacid, anumite, cypermethrin etc.
and pesticides often used to manage soil insects (red ant, cut worm, white grub) were
clzloropyriphO.\', phorate and malathion dusts. The pesticide frequency of pesticide
application wa~ higher in summer vegetable crops i.e. 10-22 times in a crop season as
compared to wiflter vegetable crops (2-16 times/crop season) in all the four districts.