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A village woman raises earthworms through Integrated Pest Management techniques at her village in India. Plant protection in India and most of the developing countries is mainly based on the use of pesticidal chemicals. Chemical control is one of the effective and quicker method in reducing pest population where farmer gets spectacular result within a short time. However, over reliance and indiscriminate use of pesticides resulted in a series of problems in the Agricultural ecosystem mainly, the development of resistance in insects to insecticides, resurgence of treated population, out break of secondary pests into primary nature, environmental contamination and residue hazards, destruction of natural enemies of insect pests, expenses on pesticides, equipment, labour etc. All these problem