The methods incorporated in IPM are simple and logical. Most of it is common sense and because it is so simple it is often over looked. Every school boy is aware of the importance of crop rotation. However, it is easily forgotten by the farming community resulting in monoculture, the growing of asingle crop. We farmers often forget that by not rotating crops we encourage a build up of a single-pest population which after a point becomes impossible to eradicate.
Farmers discount immediate gain rather than slow sustained growth.
Even if a few farmers are sensitive to crop rotation it is not enough. To be effective as a method of pest control cropping pattern must be advocated over large areas. Crop residue destruction, effective tillage, and sanitation are effective cultural techniques which can substantially reduce pest problems. Unfortunately these areas are neglected. State and media efforts are necessary.