Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an economically and environmentally feasible approach towards pest control. 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. IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms.”

IPM caters to pest control by not destroying entire eco-systems whilst also maintaining pest populations at a harmless rate.