The Rise and Fall of Integrated Pest Management: What This Means for Sustainable Agriculture Integrated pest management (IPM) was once hailed as a revolutionary approach to sustainable agriculture.
By combining physical barriers, biological control, cultural controls, and chemical controls in a holistic strategy, IPM promised to reduce pesticide use while maintaining crop yields.
Its rise in the 1970s and 1980s reflected growing awareness of environmental degradation and the need for more sustainable farming practices.