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  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) offers sound principles but faces low adoption rates globally, particularly in developing countries.
  • Understanding the specific barriers to IPM implementation is crucial for improving agricultural sustainability and food security.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and analyze the perceived obstacles to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) adoption worldwide.
  • To compare the perspectives of IPM professionals and practitioners from developing and high-income countries regarding adoption barriers.

Main Methods:

  • Structured concept mapping was employed, involving 413 open-ended responses from IPM professionals across 96 countries.
  • Cluster analysis identified six key themes of obstacles, followed by importance and remediation difficulty ratings from 163 participants.

Main Results:

  • The most frequent obstacle cited was "insufficient training and technical support to farmers."
  • Developing countries prioritized "IPM requires collective action within a farming community," while high-income countries focused on "shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists."
  • Significant regional differences in obstacle prioritization were observed, underscoring the need for context-specific approaches.

Conclusions:

  • Improving IPM adoption necessitates tailored strategies that address unique regional and community-level challenges.
  • Enhanced participation of developing country stakeholders in IPM policy and implementation discussions is essential.
  • Addressing weaknesses in research, outreach, and farmer support is critical for successful IPM integration.