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Keywords: the future of integrated pest management (IPM), where IPM should be emphasized, where farming systems should be emphasized, factors affecting the establishment and sustainment of successful IPM programs, technical and biological information, infrastructure consideration, political considerations, role of the International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) in IPM and farming systems, original focus of IARCs, current and future need, new technologies with impact on IPM and farming systems, biotechnology, computer technology, pesticide management