Is integrated pest management a reality or an illusion?
2002
Besri, M. (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat (Morocco))
Francés. The integrated pest control concept was developed in the late 1950's as a reaction to drawbacks resulting from the wider user of synthetic pesticides. Its principle was that biological and chemical control methods should be combined as far as possible to control insects. There have been many definitions of IPM proposed by various experts. Everyone involved in IPM tried to recognise himself according to his own specific interest. Therefore, it is not surprising, given the apparent confusion among the policymakers, the scientists, the farmers, the chemical companies etc. as to what IPM is all about. The chief beneficiaries of the IPM movement have been research scientists and extension agents, instead of the farmers. The IPM movement was successful in that it generated the funds needed to operate the oriented scientists research, research that not always be justified by the national need for IPM. Main of the IPM research did not result, largely because not enough research effort was devoted to vertical and horizontal integration of tactics that could be implemented by the farmer. A policy that promotes IPM without a proper understanding of IPM is doomed to failure.
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