The introduction of natural enemies (biological controls) has become a common method for dealing with certain pests.
This advice sheet from Farming Connect explains the use of biological control agents on farms. It gives examples of IPM strategies for increasing numbers of natural enemies with information on pros and cons of specific strategies.
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is based on a diversity of pest management measures (prevention, non-chemical control, best practices for optimizing pesticide efficiency, etc.). These are combined at the farm level to enable reduced reliance on pesticides, and therefore a decrease in the exposure of the environment and people to pesticides.
Invertebrate pests cause problems in agriculture when the level of injury they cause reaches a point where the crop yield is significantly reduced.
