Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• Rating:
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

The careful integration of a number of available pest-control techniques that discourage pest-population development and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and safe for human health and the environment. IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least disruption to agro-ecosystems, thereby encouraging natural pest-control mechanisms.