Diglipur, March 18: With the initiation of dry spell and low humidity, which acts as favorable conditions for infestation of pest, the Department of Agriculture, Diglipur has taken initiative by conducting field visits and creating awareness programmes for farmers about the prophylactic and the possible control measures to be adopted like spraying of neem insecticides and installing yellow sticky traps @ 15 nos. per hectare. Farmers have been advised to conduct continuous monitoring of their field on pest and also natural enemies.