CSREESLand Grant University IPM Programs

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CSREES-Land Grant UniversityIPM Programs

• Michael Fitzner
• Director, Plant Systems
• Cooperative State Research, Education,
• and Extension Service
• U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Long-Term Goals Are Containedin the National IPM
Roadmap

• Roadmap serves as the national strategic plan for
  IPM
• Three primary goals
• Improve the economic benefits related to the
  adoption of IPM practices
• Reduce potential human health risks from pests
  and the use of IPM practices
• Minimize adverse environmental effects from pests
  and the use of IPM practices
• In three focus areas
• Production agriculture
• Natural resources recreational areas
• Residential public areas
• The IPM Roadmap is available at www.ipmcenters.org

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Two Key IPM Programs

• Extension IPM Implementation Program
• 10 million distributed to 1862 land-grant
  institutions by formula
• Regional IPM Centers
• lt1 million per center (core funding)
• Regional IPM Grants Program
• NC, NE, South, West

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Extension IPM Implementation Program

• Goal is to help agricultural producers and other
  pest managers gain confidence in alternative pest
  management strategies
• A great range in the capacity and focus areas of
  state programs across regions nationally
• Go to www.pprs.info for state plans reports
• An Extension IPM coordinator is located at each
  1862 institution
• List is available at www.ipmcenters.org

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Extension Programs Help Get IPM Implemented

• Educational leadership, including training
  programs and publications
• Applied research and demonstration
• Data collection and analysis
• Information management systems and communications
  networks
• Technical assistance, including diagnosis

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Regional IPM Centers

• Build public-private partnerships
• Promote needs-based/stakeholder-driven RE
  programming
• Coordinate needs-based programming
• Focal point for regional team-building efforts,
  communication networks, and stakeholder
  participation
• Facilitate response to new/invasive pests
• Support state-based IPM efforts to help them be
  even more effective

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IPM Funding Opportunitiesat CSREES

• COMPETITIVE FUNDING
• Critical Issues
• Regional IPM Centers (every 4 years)
• Crops at Risk (CAR)
• Risk Avoidance Mitigation (RAMP)
• Methyl Bromide Alternatives (MBT)
• Integrated Organic Program
• Pest Management Alternatives (PMAP)
• Regional IPM Grants Program (RIPM)
• Sustainable Agriculture RE (SARE)
• Water Quality Program

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IPM Funding Opportunitiesat CSREES

• NON-COMPETITIVE FUNDING (Base)
• Hatch Smith-Lever
• Minor Crops Program (IR-4)
• Pesticide Safety Education Education ( PAT)
• Interagency Agreement with EPA
• Goal is to help pesticide applicators use
  pesticides safely effectively
• Special Grants

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What Can IPM RE Contribute to Conservation
Programs?

• New technologies strategies that can reduce
  risks to identified resources
• Technical expertise trouble-shooting
• Educational capacity
• Preparation of manuals fact sheets
• Training programs for TSPs, NRCS field staff,
  growers

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What Can IPM RE Contribute to Conservation
Programs? (cont.)

• Develop standards specs for NRCS IPM practice
  (501)
• Support for IPM practices more likely when the
  elements of IPM are defined
• Provide justification for cost-share
• Provide leverage producers/practitioners need to
  receive cost-share payments
• Useful for calculating fair market costs of IPM
  implementation

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Conservation Programs Provide a Great Opportunity
for IPM to Contribute

• Focused on target areas with documented
  environmental need
• Opportunity to showcase IPM and document
  successful impacts
• One stumbling block is that the area where
  conservation project is being implemented may not
  coincide with areas where Extension has delivery
  capacity
• Extension is stretched thin in most states
• Not a lot of excess capacity

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Resources on the Web

• www.ipmcenters.org
• www.pprs.info
• www.csrees.usda.gov