- 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."
The integration of animal husbandry into farming systems for soil improvement, pest control, and food production, such as having chickens roam in a vegetable garden to eat insects and provide manure.
Livestock management: This involves developing strategies and techniques for taking care of animals such as feeding, handling, and breeding.
Grazing management: This is the practice of managing pastures and range-lands in a way that allows livestock to graze sustainably and maintains the health of the land.
Animal nutrition: This includes the study of the nutritional needs of different species of livestock, and how to ensure that they are getting a balanced diet.
Animal health: This involves identifying and preventing diseases that can affect livestock, as well as developing treatment plans to manage illness.
Animal genetics: This topic explores the science of genetics and breeding techniques that can be used to improve the quality and productivity of livestock.
Sustainable agriculture: This encompasses the practices and principles of farming that prioritize environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and economic viability.
Livestock marketing and sales: This involves studying market trends and developing marketing strategies to sell livestock products such as meat, milk, and wool.
Land-use planning: This topic explores the various factors that need to be considered when planning the use of land for livestock production, such as soil quality, water availability, and zoning regulations.
Animal welfare: This concerns the ethical treatment of animals and ensuring that their physical, mental, and emotional well-being is protected.
Livestock integration with crop production: This topic involves the integration of animal production with crop production to create a closed-loop agroecosystem where the waste from animals is used to fertilize crops, and the crops can be used to feed the animals.
Livestock research and development: This involves the scientific study of livestock-related issues, such as identifying new breeds, developing new feed or breeding techniques, and improving animal health management.
Livestock policy and regulation: This explores the various laws and regulations governing the production, transport, and sale of livestock products, as well as the ethical and environmental considerations of livestock production.
Agroforestry: This involves the integration of trees, crops, and livestock in a single area to create a sustainable and diverse agricultural system.
Silvopasture: In this practice, forestry and animal management are integrated to create a symbiotic relationship between trees and livestock, where animals graze while helping to maintain healthy forests.
Crop-Livestock Integration: This type of integration involves the integration of grazing animals with other types of agriculture, including vegetable, fruit, and grain crops.
Poultry Integration: Poultry integration involves planting crops that provide food and shelter for chickens, turkeys, and other birds, while also providing natural pest control and fertilization.
Intensive Grazing: This practice involves grazing livestock on small plots of land for short periods, then moving them to another area to reduce overgrazing and promote the regeneration of the soil.
Aquaponics: This involves the integration of fish farming, hydroponic farming, and livestock farming, where waste materials from each system are utilized by the others.
Dairy-Crop Integration: This involves the integration of dairy farming with crop farming, where the crops are used for animal feed, and the manure from the animals is used to fertilize the crops.
Swine Integration: In this practice, pigs are integrated into croplands, where they help to reduce weeds, till the soil, and provide natural fertilization.
Beekeeping: This type of integration involves the integration of honeybees into farming operations to improve pollination and increase crop yields.
Grazing Management: This practice involves the management of grazing patterns to optimize the health of the land and the livestock.
Sheep Production: Sheep production involves the integration of sheep into cropping systems, where they can help to control weeds and provide natural fertilization.
Goat Production: Goats are often used for weed control in croplands and orchards, as well as for their milk and meat.
Equine Production: Horses and mules can be utilized in farming operations for transportation, cultivation, and other tasks.
- 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."