IPM INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA

The IPM Institute of North America is an independent non-profit formed in 1998 to improve sustainability in agriculture and communities... IPM Institute of North America is a non-profit formed to focus on improving sustainability in agriculture and throughout communities... Community IPM is an approach to managing pests in buildings and landscapes including homes, businesses, rights-of-way and recreational areas using proactive, preventative, knowledge-based and low-risk methods. Community IPM practitioners work to identify and correct pest-friendly conditions, eliminating access to food, water and harborage by improving sanitation, maintenance, exclusion and landscape management practices. By correcting the conditions that lead to pest problems and using approved pesticides only when necessary, IPM provides more effective pest control while reducing pesticide use.

Also known as: The IPM Institute of North America, Inc.

Primary location: Madison United States