WHY

Commodities such as food-grains, oilseeds, pulses, spices, tobacco, textile, timber etc., which are major items in today’s export market, are highly susceptible to infestation from stored grain pests during storage are transit. This infestation can cause extensive damage. Also, the strict quarantine and regulatory requirements of various nations mandate a pest-free shipment. Fumigation (or the use of a gas in an enclosed space to kill pests) as a curative control technique is an indispensable requirement; lethal to all stages of insect development- eggs, larvae, pupa and adult, it not only kills live infestation, but also helps to check the spread of unwanted pests from one country to another.