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Do IPM Centers Fit in AFRI?

This document discusses the future of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Centers within the context of the USDA budget proposal and the Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). The current lack of support for IPM Centers raises critical questions about their integration into AFRI and their overall value as an investment in sustainable agricultural practices. The paper evaluates the outcomes, stakeholder engagement, and funding recommendations while emphasizing the necessity of continued investment in regional IPM initiatives. It explores the effectiveness of IPM strategies, stakeholder cooperation, and potential returns on investment for the future of agriculture.

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Do IPM Centers Fit in AFRI?

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  1. Do IPM Centers Fit in AFRI? Should they?

  2. The Situation • IPM Centers, a component of 406, is not in the proposed USDA budget • USDA employees are constrained to support the President’s proposal • AFRI 2010 is no home for IPM Centers • Remaining discussion: should IPM centers and other 406 IPM programs be integrated into AFRI ?

  3. Are IPM Centers a Good Investment? What is the return on investment?

  4. Is IPM itself a good investment? Moving IPM funds without also moving programs would represent a significant shift by USDA away from support for IPM

  5. So, let’s look at the value Focus only on Regional IPM Centers • not on the entire 406 IPM suite • not the other 406 programs • by no means a comprehensive list We often don’t do IPM. We help everyone do it better

  6. Stakeholder engagement • Priority setting • Funding recommendations – panels, etc. • Part of the problem solving team PMSPs, Working Groups, Advisory & Stakeholder Boards, Steering Committees

  7. Regulatory information for EPA • FQPA “round 1” • EPA: “It’s coming around again” inquiries from EPA (and others) Crop Profiles and PMSPs

  8. Regionality Our individual “calling cards” • NC: Tribal issues; Pest Alerts • NE: Community, small diverse agriculture • S: Manage large programs; IT • W: Water quality; Grower organizations

  9. Support Other Dept’s & Agencies • HUD : training in PHAs • Tribal collaborations: Summit, School, Community Gardening, Pesticide Risk Reduction • Water Quality Conferences and Projects • National Clean Plant Network • NRCS: Cost sharing programs, IPM practices, CEAP questions and analysis • CDC: Tick workshop

  10. Leveraging • WIPMC: $2 for $1 return ($11 million) on their projects • NEIPMC: $1,850,773 from ARS, NRCS, CSREES, RMA, EPA, HUD • NCIPMC: EPA Interagency Fund $51,000 • SRIPMC: ipmPIPE > $10 million

  11. Quick response to urgent needs • Asian soybean rust readiness training • Methyl bromide – training, country ham • Slug issues in Mid-Atlantic • Pink Hibiscus Mealybug • Northeastern wireworm project

  12. Fill the gaps • Stink bug ID guide • Tick ID work – with an app! • Refining Asian soybean rust monitoring • Upper Manhattan community IPM education (bedbugs)

  13. Coordination, strategic planning • Carrot IPM – Dr. Hausbeck • NEIPMC: apple disease IPM group • School IPM work groups

  14. Outreach • Press releases, newsletters, etc. • Pest Alerts – printed and online • Friends of Southern IPM Awards • Sudden Oak Death Webinar

  15. Impact Evaluation • National IPM Evaluation Work Group • Regional Work Groups (NC, NE) • Support for logic model work (Coli, et al) • Evaluation of NASS chem use date (NC)

  16. Pest Alerts • Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) • Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys) • Chili Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood) • Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui) • Lobate Lac Scale (Paratachardina lobata) • Multicolored Asian Ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis) • Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus) • Plum Pox Virus

  17. Pest Alerts • Ralstonia solanacerum • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever • Soybean Aphid (Aphis glycines) • Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi; Phakopsora meibomiae) • Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) • Tospoviruses (Bunyaviridae: Tospovirus) • West Nile Virus (Flavivirus) • Western Bean Cutworm (Striacosta albicosta Smith) • Wood Boring Insects

  18. Management of Large Programs • Let Scientists do Science (instead of accounting) ipmPIPE (RMA) onion ipmPIPE (SCRI) potential new PIPE(s) through AFRI

  19. Mid-Term Review 2006 • Do IPM Centers meet original (8) goals and objectives? 7 ¾ out of 8 good; quite true; done; without a doubt; a good beginning; very good; successful; impressive and creative

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