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Funding Program:
IPM Partnership Grants |
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Project Title:
Production of IPM in and around the Home: Northeast Guidelines |
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Lead State: NY Lead Organization: Cornell University |
| Undesignated Funding: $19,944 |
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Start Date: Sep-01-2007 End Date: Aug-31-2008 |
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Pests Involved: community, residential, structural, urban |
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Area of Emphasis: education, curriculum |
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Summary:
Three-fourths of the households in the Northeast region use pesticides to deal with pests in their homes, lawns, and gardens. According to the EPA (2004), 90 million pounds of conventional pesticide active ingredients were applied to homes and gardens in the United States in 2001-2002. In New York alone, thousands of products are registered for residential use: 747 for the home garden, 1,335 for household use, 1,123 for turf and ornamentals, and 311 for structural pests (PMEP 2006). A recent survey of urban apartment dwellers by the New York State Attorney General's Office found that, statewide, 69% of respondents applied pesticides in their own homes and 33% did so at least once a week (Surgan et al. 2002). It is likely that other Northeastern states show similar rates of use.
Unfortunately, it is difficult for the Northeast's 54 million residents to find resources that synthesize, index, and package IPM solutions to their pest problems in ways that are easy to read and use. The few guides that do exist are usually heavily pesticide oriented, or written in a dry, academic style that is unappealing to the consumer and doesn't compete well with commercial books. Extension educators, master gardeners, and garden center employees also lack suitable references for resolving consumers concerns and providing sound IPM advice. In 2005 we received a Regional IPM Grant Award from NE IPM to produce IPM in and around the Home-Northeast Guidelines (working title). This guide will be a major resource for millions of homeowners as well as the master gardeners, Extension educators and garden retail employees that advise them. It will compete with other popular books that are not IPM-based; many, in fact, are industry and product-oriented. Although our guide comes from an independent university perspective, it goes far beyond the former guidelines available in some states and is written in a reader-friendly, easy-to-use format lacking in other guides-while retaining accuracy and an IPM orientation. The production of these guidelines for the Northeast is well justified, as validated by the NEIPM funding we have already received. Unfortunately, the project did not include a production budget. In order to be able to complete the project and print and distribute the guide through the Northeast, we are seeking additional funding. Objectives: 1. Complete content, incorporate NE reviewer comments, and edit final draft of the guidelines. 2. Secure suitable photos and graphics. 3. Layout text and graphics for book. 4. Send production-ready files to publisher; edit page proofs; produce and distribute 2,000 copies. Proposal This project is a continuation. Please see IPM in and around the Home: Northeast Guidelines for reports. |
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