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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Organic and IPM Working Group: Moving Towards Truly Sustainable Agriculture |
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Lead State: WI Lead Organization: IPM Institute of North America, Inc. |
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Cooperating State(s):
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota |
| Undesignated Funding: $20,000 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2018 End Date: Feb-28-2019 |
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Summary:
Organic and IPM proponents share many concerns and interest in improving impacts of food production on environmental and human health. Despite these common goals, IPM and organic leaders have few occasions to share thoughts, ideas and resources. The Organic and IPM working group’s goal is to synergize the efforts of these two communities by building partnerships, fostering dialogue between diverse stakeholders, exchanging information and knowledge, and collaboratively identifying and working towards shared priorities. We aim to achieve our goal by maintaining a curated and facilitated platform that encourages participation across disciplines, organizations and geographies. Renewed funding for the Organic and IPM working group will enable us to host monthly conference calls and an in-person meeting, maintain a website to share resources, continue efforts to publish a special issue of Biological Control, publish a fact sheet on regenerative, resilient agriculture, and begin an economic analysis project on the barriers to bio-intensive IPM adoption. Our outputs will support the North Central IPM Center’s goals of improving understanding of current and emerging IPM and organic management issues, as well as increasing collaboration among diverse stakeholders, scientists and professionals working to address priorities common to organic and IPM in the North Central region and nationally. If funded, our working group will continue its mission of strengthening the alliance between organic and IPM communities to promote adoption of IPM practices and enhance food security in the North Central region and nationally.
Objectives: 1. Coordinate monthly Organic and IPM working group conference calls, including bimonthly presentations to engage an average of 10 group members per call. Maintain an updated website and listserv. 2. Host an in-person working group meeting in conjunction with the International IPM Symposium with a minimum of 12 group members in attendance. We will develop a formal agenda for the meeting and will publish the meeting proceedings on the working group website. 3. Continue work on a special edition of Biological Control. Working group members will participate in editing, writing and reviewing the edition. 4. Conduct a survey of farmers and agricultural professionals, interview cooperating respondents to identify the barriers to adoption of bio-intensive IPM and the transition to organic. 5. Develop a fact sheet on regenerative, resilient agriculture in conjunction with the IPM Centers or SARE. |
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