6. Integrated Pest Management / Pest Control

Integrated Pest Management: Reducing risks from pests and pest management activities — by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — last modified 2007-06-23 22:14

Published by US Fish & Wildlife Service July 2004. Integrated pest management coordinates the use of pest biology, environmental information, and available technology to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means, while posing the least possible risk to people, property, resources, and the environment.

Biointensive Integrated Pest Managment (IPM): Fundamentals of sustainable agriculture — by Rex Dufour — last modified 2007-06-23 22:16

By Rex Dufour, NCAT Agriculture Specialist, July 2001. This publication provides the rationale for biointensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM), outlines the concepts and tools of biointensive IPM, and suggests steps and provides informational resources for implementing IPM. It is targeted to individuals interested in agriculture at all levels.

Social Capital and Diffusion of Integrated Pest Management Technology:A Case Study in Central Luzon, Philippines — by Florencia G. Palis — last modified 2007-06-23 22:20

By Florencia G. Palis, Stephen Morin, and Mahabub Hossain, International Rice Research Institute Los Ba�os, Laguna, Philippines. Social capital is a concept that can be utilized in any delivery approaches for the efficient transfer of agricultural technologies. Over the decades, technology adoption and diffusion in agriculture have always been a problem with no leap forward solutions in sight. Adoption is defined as a decision to continue full use of an innovation while diffusion is defined as the process by which an innovation spreads (Rogers 1995)...

The Global Integrated Pest Management Facility: Addressing the Challenges of Globalization: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank's Approach to Global Programs — by Lauren Kelly — last modified 2007-06-23 22:22

Director-General, Operations Evaluation: Vinod Thomas Director: Ajay Chhibber Task Team Leader: Uma Lele/Chris Gerrard, World Bank Date: October 25, 2005. This case study assesses the value added by the Bank’s participation in the Global IPM Facility with a view to learning lessons for the Bank’s future involvement in global programs. This is not a programmatic evaluation of the Global IPM Facility, nor a substitute for a thorough external independent evaluation. Several studies using new survey data detailing the substantial health and ecological benefits of IPM have emerged that contend that IPM does not result in a loss in production. Yet the debate continues about the most costeffective and fiscally sustainable approach to extending knowledge about IPM practices to farmers.

Sustainable Pest Management:Achievements and Challenges — by Riikka Rajalahti — last modified 2007-06-23 22:33

Published by Agriculture and Rural Development, the World Bank 2005. The objective of the study is to: (a) review World Bank’s pest management activities during 1999–2004; (b) assess those in view of the changes in the external and internal contexts; (c) identify appropriate opportunities of engagement on pest and pesticide issues; and (d) suggest means to further promote sound pest management in the World Bank operations.

Alternative Approaches for Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa — by Eric W. Crawford — last modified 2007-06-23 22:34

Published by Agriculture and Rural Development the World Bank in 2006. This paper evaluates different strategies to make significant improvements in fertilizer supply to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan African. Use of supply chain analysis is advocated as a means of identifying entry points where targeted interventions can shift the fertilizer supply curve to the right.