- Quote: "Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests."
Agroforestry practices require proper management strategies that help mitigate pests and diseases that affect the crop, animal, and tree populations within the Agroforestry system.
Pest and disease identification: Understanding the common pests and diseases that affect crops and trees is critical to implementing effective management strategies.
Monitoring and scouting techniques: Knowing how to monitor and scout for pests and diseases is crucial to deciding when and what interventions need to be taken.
Cultural management practices: Cultural practices are preventative practices like crop rotation, irrigation, intercropping, and drainage, which promote healthy crop growth and reduce pest pressure.
Biological control: Biological control is the use of natural enemies or beneficial organisms to control pest populations. These include predator insects, parasitic wasp, and microorganisms.
Mechanical and physical control: This refers to any physical method of controlling pests, such as using traps, barriers, and netting.
Chemical control: The use of pesticides is the most common method of controlling pests and diseases. Both chemical and organic options are available.
Genetic resistance: This is the use of plant varieties that have been developed to resist pests and diseases.
Composting: Using compost can provide nutrients to plants and improves soil fertility, which in turn helps plants resist pest and disease damage.
Crop management planning: Planning for planting, growth, and harvest cycles is essential in the management of an agroforestry system.
Record keeping and analysis: Proper record keeping and analysis can help farmers and forest managers identify patterns and adjust management strategies accordingly.
Soil management: Soil health is key to plant health and effective pest management. This includes methods like soil testing, soil conditioning, and cover cropping.
Water management: Proper irrigation methods and drainage are important in reducing pest and disease pressure and promoting plant health.
Environmental impact: Integrated pest and disease management methods should take into consideration the environmental impact of any interventions.
Pest outbreaks and emergency management: Outbreaks of pests or diseases require quick action and emergency response planning. The ability to respond promptly and effectively is critical.
Monitoring: This involves regularly checking crops for pests and diseases, and recording data about them to develop an effective management plan.
Cultural practices: Using crop rotation, intercropping, and other management practices to reduce pest and disease pressure.
Biological control: Using natural predators or parasites to control pest populations.
Chemical control: Using pesticides to reduce the impact of pests and diseases.
Physical control: Using physical barriers (such as traps) to prevent pests from accessing crops, or removing infested plant parts.
Integrated approaches: Combining multiple pest and disease management strategies for greater effectiveness.
Agronomic practices: Specific practices that target one or multiple pests that grow in crops from the agricultural field, for example using intercropping or crop diversification, to balance nutrients and encourage the growth of beneficial insects.
Socio-economic practices: Practices that aim to change the wider economic and social conditions surrounding crops to improve the likelihood of sustainable and environmentally friendly agroforestry. These practices may include improving infrastructure and reducing wealth disparity.
- Quote: "IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization defines IPM as 'the careful consideration of all available pest control techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment.'"
- Quote: "Entomologists and ecologists have urged the adoption of IPM pest control since the 1970s."
- Quote: "IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems."
- Quote: "Encourages natural pest control mechanisms."
- Quote: "IPM allows for safer pest control."
- Quote: "The introduction and spread of invasive species can also be managed with IPM by reducing risks while maximizing benefits and reducing costs."
- Quote: "Integrated pest management (IPM), also known as integrated pest control (IPC) is a broad-based approach that integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices for economic control of pests."
- Quote: "IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "Integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of pest populations and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment."
- Quote: "The careful consideration of all available pest control techniques."
- Quote: "Encourages natural pest control mechanisms and least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems."
- Quote: "Entomologists and ecologists have urged the adoption of IPM pest control since the 1970s."
- Quote: "The growth of a healthy crop."
- Quote: "...reducing risks while maximizing benefits and reducing costs."
- Quote: "Integrates both chemical and non-chemical practices."
- Quote: "Suppress pest populations below the economic injury level (EIL)."
- Quote: "Keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human health and the environment."
- Quote: "IPM allows for safer pest control."