Demonstrating benefits of integrated pest management in agriculture

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Bats and weevils are important pollinators while in biological control of pests, owls and snakes control rat populations in rice fields and oil palm plantations.

1. Demonstrating

1. Using integrated pest management
2. Using biological pest control

1. Providing training on integrated pest management techniques
2. Investigating interaction between agriculture and environment

1. Mismanagement
2. Integration