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Funding Program:
Enhancement Grants - State Contacts/IPM Documents |
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Project Title:
State Contact and IPM Documents for Texas |
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Lead State: TX Lead Organization: Texas Cooperative Extension |
| Undesignated Funding: $8,191 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2008 End Date: Feb-28-2009 |
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Summary:
The objective of this proposal is to maintain the Texas State Contact (TSC) project to serve as the primary contact for information requests related to pest management and pesticides in Texas. As a member of the communication network of the Southern Region IPM Center, the TSC works closely with the Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), IR-4 representatives, the IPM Coordinator, research and extension specialists across the state, and commodity organizations to maintain a stakeholder network and to respond to information requests. Texas has the largest area of cultivated crops and agricultural enterprises in the United States. Stakeholders and other interested parties generate hundreds of requests annually for information on pest management, pesticide regulations, pesticide use, and pesticide storage and disposal. The development and maintenance of a primary contact source to serve stakeholders is necessary to support information requests by agricultural producers, other stakeholders and the citizens of Texas. Stakeholder networks are derived from participation in numerous meetings both statewide and local. TSC specialists travel across the state every week delivering educational programs to IPM stakeholders at county and district-based meetings. In the last year, TSC personnel participated in no less than 80 of these meetings. By interacting with clientele in person, TSC specialists are better able to identify and address IPM concerns of agricultural producers, urban clientele, commodity organizations, and others involved with IPM on a regular basis. This interaction allows AES specialists' grass-roots level access to information provided directly by IPM stakeholders. The AES Unit has also established and maintained a multi-state advisory committee that confers regularly to assess pesticide needs and priorities for minor use and ornamental crops. The Minor Use Pesticide Advisory Committee (MUPAC) is comprised of university research and extension personnel, commodity organization representatives, regulatory personnel, and grower representatives from Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. TSC has developed and maintained a Texas IPM State Contact web site. Additionally, the TSC proposes to update and revise five IPM documents for the Southern Region IPM Center. The crop profiles for cantaloupes, cotton, honeydew melons, and potatoes have been identified as High Priority for revision by the TSC. Additionally, the crop profile for spinach has been identified as Medium Priority for revision while the production statistics for this crop have changed dramatically in recent years. Updating these crop profiles will remove outdated inaccurate information from the IPM network while replacing that information with accurate, pertinent production information for these crops.
Objectives: 1. To serve as Texas primary contact for information requests and inquiries from SRIPMC and other federal and state agencies regarding pesticide use, pest management, and IPM activities. The timely and accurate response to information requests will be the primary focus of this objective. 2. To provide an assessment prioritizing Texas IPM documents by need and provide a list of Texas A&M University experts in IPM-related issues. 3. Maintain and improve stakeholder network primarily in Texas, with coordination from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico including IR-4 representatives, PSEP personnel, and state IPM coordinators. 4. Attend and participate at the annual state contact meeting arranged by the Center and report on activities. 5. Maintain the Texas IPM State Contact web site with current links and information on IPM in the Southern Region and Texas. 6. Provide oversight in the development and completion of IPM documents, including Crop Profiles and Pest Management Strategic Plans and other SRIPM projects in the state. 7. To revise and update the current crop profiles for cantaloupes, cotton, honeydew melons, potatoes, and spinach. The TSC for the Southern Region IPM Center will coordinate and oversee the revision of these crop profiles, by working closely with TAMU Extension and research specialists. |
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