Water only cannot increase crop productivity to its potential level without other
interventions. A balanced nutrient diet along with adequate moisture availability
and pest and disease free environment can turn agricultural production several
folds higher compared to unmanaged land. Integrated nutrient management (INM)
involves the integral use of organic manure, crop straw, and other plant and tree
biomass material along with little application of chemical fertilizer (both macro and
micro-nutrients). Integrated pest management (IPM) involves use of di/erent crop
pest control practices like cultural, biological and chemical methods in a combined
and compatible way to suppress pest infestations. Thus, the main goals of INM and
IPM are to maintain soil fertility, manage pest and the environment so as to balance
costs, bene1ts, public health, and environmental quality.