Integrated Pest Management has been given several definitions. Could it not simply be called "Intelligent Pest Management" leading eventually to the best return on investment? One must not forget that growers face situations which are not always forecastable like weather conditions, logistic failures etc...and which lead them to make decisions which do not fit exactly within the IPM rules. As such, each farmer should be taken as a basic unit when implementation of IPM is at stake and then RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.