11.   With pesticide use skyrocketing, the US Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to use integrated pest management, which encourages alternatives to pesticides.

12.   Farmers who use the integrated pest management system only spray the poison when the population of pests or insects reach a dangerous level.

13.   He said the ministry was trying to increase crop production by supplying prime seeds and promoting farm mechanization and integrated pest management.

14.   Properties using integrated pest management techniques - alternative pest management techniques that require little or no pesticides - would not have to follow notification requirements.

15.   Six states -- Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Texas and West Virginia -- require schools to adopt integrated pest management strategies.

16.   The ministry also encouraged farmers to use the integrated pest management, ultraviolet light traps and biological agents.

17.   The NGOs praised integrated pest management programs in Indonesia which put knowledge and decision-making power back in the hands of the farmer, decreasing pesticide use and increasing earnings.