Indicators are useful instruments to measure and benchmark the results of changing farming practice, namely IPM adoption, or the overall results of the implemented policies, i.e. IPM impact.

• In 2012 OECD held a seminar on indicators for integrated pest management. The report of this seminar is available in the OECD Series on Pesticides (no. 75; Report of the OECD Seminar on Indicators for Integrated Pest Management).
• OECD has also implemented a work programme on pesticide risk indicators