Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) is the use of holistic and compatible methods of pest and
disease control to reduce economic injury. IPM removes the overdependence on
pesticides, making the process more sustainable. Improvements in Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) can lead to sound crop health management programmes that
contribute to resolving the unprecedented challenge of food security facing the
international community, particularly in the wider contexts of climate change,
trade globalization, environmental protection, and poverty alleviation. Harmful
insects, fungal, viral, and bacterial pathogens, nematodes, rodents, and weeds
are major constraints to agricultural production, productivity, and improved
performance in agricultural systems. They cause chronic qualitative and
quantitative losses of up to 40% of the attainable yield in major food and cash
crops. Further significant losses occur after harvest. Reducing pre- and
post-harvest losses caused by pests is a significant contribution towards
improved food security and safety, and better market access. Success in the near
future requires a more balanced approach to the management of crop health and a
significant improvement in the approaches and scientific methods of IPM used to
address crop losses.
There is a need to move away from isolated single-pest management towards crop health in general and an agricultural system performance that is congruent with farmers� concerns and with the broader pest situation. Substantial increases in food production can be attained relatively quickly by upgrading IPM strategies and linking them to the other sciences with an impact on crop health as a whole. This, however, requires adequate long-term financial investment in measures that reduce yield losses today. With this announcement, the Organising Committee invites everyone to participate in the 5th International symposium for the development of IPM for sustainable agriculture in Asia and Africa.
There is a need to move away from isolated single-pest management towards crop health in general and an agricultural system performance that is congruent with farmers� concerns and with the broader pest situation. Substantial increases in food production can be attained relatively quickly by upgrading IPM strategies and linking them to the other sciences with an impact on crop health as a whole. This, however, requires adequate long-term financial investment in measures that reduce yield losses today. With this announcement, the Organising Committee invites everyone to participate in the 5th International symposium for the development of IPM for sustainable agriculture in Asia and Africa.
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