CROP PEST MANAGEMENT DIVISION (CPMD)
The Crop Pest Management Division (CPMD) has the responsibility to implement BPI’s mandate on the management of pests. The division is composed of three (3) different sections namely: Pest Forecasting Section, Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Section, and Plant Health and Pest Status Section. CPMD has eight (8) important functions such as: 1) plant pest surveillance, monitoring and forecasting; 2) plant pest diagnostics; 3) plant pest management; 4) biological control agents mass production; 5) competency training and extension on crop pest management; 6) biosecurity and quarantine measures; 7) applied and adaptive crop pest management research; and 8) public advocacy on crop pest management.
Plant Pest Surveillance, Monitoring and Forecasting has three (3) major activities: 1) collection and recording of data on pest presence or absence by survey, 2) monitoring of plant pest which deals with the verification of phytosanitary situations and characteristics of a pest populations and 3) Plant Pest Forecasting which analyzes the perception of danger based on observed biotic and abiotic factors that would directly affect crop quality and quantity of production.
Plant Pest Diagnostics provides plant health analysis and identification of any of the vertebrate and invertebrate pests directly involved in the occurrence of any plant abnormalities.
The Plant Pest Management provides control-based strategy that focuses on the prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as biological control, chemical control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties.
The Biological Control Agents Mass Production (BCAs) to control pests is also a vital function of the division. It includes the use of beneficial insects, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and other living organisms to control specific pests of plants.
The Competency Training and Extension on Crop Pest Management which involves the learning of personnel on the basic foundation and principles of the different management and control strategies against pests and diseases.
Biosecurity and Quarantine Measures prevents the introduction and/or spread of any sources of inoculum of any of the pathogenic diseases or destructive insects and employs quarantine measures which separate and restrict the movement of plants infested/infected with crop pests.
Applied and Adaptive Crop Pest Management Research function aims in solving practical pest management problems, which includes efficacy trials under laboratory and field conditions, and simple methods in plant pest diagnostics. Thus, the results are made readily available to the farmers for utilization.
Public Advocacy on Crop Pest Management that includes pest management activities, community education, capacity building, relationship building, forming crop pest management networks, and leadership development. Towards this end, the functions and services vital to successful crop pest management shall be clearly and properly established and interlinked with all DA related agencies and activities.
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| Core Operations | Interested Parties | Requirements | Details of Compliance/Conformity |
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| Plant Pest Surveillance, Monitoring and Forecasting | Regional Field Offices (RFOs) – Regulatory, ILD, RCPC | • Pest advisories • Pest awareness materials (brochures, posters, leaflets) • Surveillance protocol • PRIME collect • PRIME web • Rapid crop health assessment • Prime-stat • E-learning • BPI collect |
• Standardized protocol for pest assessment related to Plant Pest Surveillance, Monitoring and Forecasting; • Monthly issuance of pest advisories and pest bulletins • Compliance to the new normal through delivery of training, workshops and other related activities. |
| Plant Pest Diagnostics | RFOs (ILD, RCPC) | • Accurate pest identification • Specific pest management recommendation |
• Immediate control strategies |
| Researchers, scientists, policy makers | • Basic information regarding the pests. • For regulatory policy formulation |
• Generation of new knowledge related to the pests. • Forwarding of the information for the use of crop insurance and disaster risk reduction. • Drafting regulatory policy related to pest. |
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| Farmers, LGUs, technicians, NGOs, private partners and stakeholders | • Pest management recommendation | • Reduction of pests. • Yield loss reduction |
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| Plant Pest Management | RFO-RCPCs | • Recommended pest management technology | • Provisions of technical and material assistance |
| Plant Pest Management | LGUs, NGOs, farmers and other stakeholders | • Actual application of the recommended technologies | • On time application of pest management to avoid high yield loss |
| Biological Control Agents Mass Production | RFO-RCPCs | • Effective BCA for specific crops. • Standard protocol. • Proper maintenance of genetic purity. |
• Distribution of different BCAs, such as: Metarhizium, Trichoderma, Beauveria, Isaria, NPV, Trichogramma, Green lacewing, Earwig, Coccinellid Beetles, Eocanthecona. • Targeted volume of production. |
| Biological Control Agents Mass Production | LGUs, NGOs, farmers and other stakeholders | • Sufficient distribution. • Virolent biological control agents. |
• Biological control distribution to the targeted beneficiaries. • Reduction of chemical pesticide use. • Reduction of yield loss. |
| Competency Training and Extension on Crop Pest Management | BPI technical staff | • Retooling related to Crop Pest Management. • Specialized training for BPI staff. • Development of training modules. • Advance studies |
• Attendance to training, workshops, and other related activities. • Application of knowledge gain. • Compliance in the conduct of training. • Competitive technical staff. |
| Competency Training and Extension on Crop Pest Management | RFO-RCPCs, ATI | • Retooling related to Crop Pest Management. • Specialized training for RFO staff. • Training modules and kits. |
• Updated to crop pest management. • Serves as reference material. • Provision of training modules and kits |
| Biosecurity and Quarantine Measures | National Plant Quarantine Services Division and Satellite Plant Quarantine Services | • Pest Records • Diagnostics • Regulatory policy |
• Pest risk analysis • Implementation of regulatory policy |
| Biosecurity and Quarantine Measures | Five BPI Centers | • Pest records • Validation of pest records and diagnostics |
• Pest risk analysis • Implementation of regulatory policy |
| Biosecurity and Quarantine Measures | State Colleges and Universities and other research institutes | • Pest records | • Complete details of pest records |
| Applied and Adaptive Crop Pest Management Research | Funding agencies (DABAR, DOST, Enviro, Texicon and other private companies, Banner Programs, FAO) | • Capsule proposal • Detailed proposal • Work and Financial Plan • Gender and Development Assessment Plan • Line item budget / summary of budget |
• Quality research proposal. |
| Applied and Adaptive Crop Pest Management Research | RFO-RCPCs | • Approved research proposals | • Implementation of research proposals. |
| Applied and Adaptive Crop Pest Management Research | LGUs, Technicians, NGOs, Farmers, Research Cooperators, SUCs, other stakeholders | • Research protocols • Cascading of terms and reference • Incentives (Honorarium, Tokens such as agricultural supplies, etc.) • Memorandum of Agreement |
• Proper implementation of project. |
| Public Advocacy on Crop Pest Management | RFO-RCPCs | • Crop pest management technologies • Resources for public advocacy activity |
• Dissemination of crop pest management technologies • Sufficient resources for public advocacy activity. |
| Public Advocacy on Crop Pest Management | LGUs, Technicians, NGOs, Farmers, Research Cooperators, SUCs, other stakeholders. |
• Techno-hub center or farmer’s information training centers • Harnessing of tri media modalities. |
• Adoption and application of crop pest management technologies • Awareness related to presence of pests. |
The reader must ensure that this or any other copy of a controlled document is current and complete prior to use. The original copy of this document is with the BPI QMS Document Management Team (QMS-DMT). The user should secure the latest version of this document from the BPI QMS-DMT.