All India Network Project on Vertebrate Pest Management

ICAR - Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur

  • Ecological studies on target pests, viz., rodents, birds and higher vertebrates
  • Development, refinement and validation of technologies for all the three group of vertebrates and
  • Transfer of technology and Capacity building on Vertebrate Pest Management

Major Programmes

  • Surveillance and assessment of damage caused by rodents, birds and higher vertebrates in predominant cropping systems
  • Development and refinement of management technologies for pest rodents and problem birds
  • Bio-ecology of new small vertebrate species like, squirrels, porcupines, bats etc in agriculture/Horticulture
  • Bio-ecology and management of select Higher Vertebrates (Nilgai, wild boar, monkey, deeretc.)
  • Farmers Participatory Adaptive Research on vertebrate Pest Management in adopted villages