Southern Region IPM Center Update

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Southern Region IPM Center Update Issues

• Jim VanKirk, Director

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Outline

• Background Review
• Origins Funding
• Structure
• Activities
• Information network
• Grant programs
• Issues
• Covering the region
• E-extension
• Federal budget

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Review of Mission Role

• Our mission
• The Southern Region Integrated Pest Management
  Center (SRIPMC) fosters the development and
  adoption of IPM, a science-based approach to
  managing pests in ways that generate economic,
  environmental and human health benefits. We work
  in partnership with stakeholders from
  agricultural, urban and rural settings to
  identify and address regional priorities for
  research, education and outreach.

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Funding

• Part of the Section 406, Integrated Activities
• IPM Center funding is a very small part of 406
• Other 406 Programs
• Food Safety
• Water Quality
• Other IPM programs
• CAR,
• RAMP
• Methyl Bromide Alternatives

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A Brief History

• Started in FY2000 with Pest Management Centers.
• SRPMC Located at University of Florida
• Re-competed in fy2003 as IPM Centers
• National funding split evenly over 4 regions
• 1,000,000 annually

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Structure Overview

• About half of our budget passed on in
  subcontracts
• Personnel
• Director (.9)
• Assoc. Director Regulatory (.6) Assoc. Director
  IT (.3)
• Programmer (.5)
• Admin assistant (1.1)
• Editor/Writer (1.0)
• Advisory Council Steering Committee

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• Activities
• of the
• Southern Region IPM Center

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Activities Information Network

• Information Network
• Connect regulators with stakeholders
• Provide data for better decisions
• State Contact is our primary route

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Information Network Other Modes

• Advisory Council (35 stakeholders)
• Steering Committee (10 members)
• IPM Coordinators and SERA003
• Monthly publication
• Website
• Meetings and presentations

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Information Network Website

• Goal clearinghouse for all IPM-related
  information
• IPM users how to, recommendations, etc.
• Research and extension funding and job
  opportunities access to data, publications
  outreach
• Public outreach, access to education
• Regulators pesticide use data, PMSPs, grower
  priorities, risk assessments
• Policymakers impact documentation,
  accountability

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• Grants Programs

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Grants Programs IPM Enhancement

• Approximately 50 of SRIPMC budget
• Subcontracts to SRIPMC
• Competition open to anyone
• Indirect (19-20) allowed

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IPM Enhancement Grants

• 2004
• State contacts
• AR, FL, OK, TX, TN, VA, (NC)
• PMSPs, Crop Profiles, IPM Priorities
• 7 projects from 7 states
• Special Projects
• 9 projects GA, TX, AR, FL, NC, VA
• Critical and emerging (year-round)

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IPM Enhancement Grants

• Critical and emerging (year-round)
• Integrated Pest Management Center Network -
  Puerto Rico (Mossler, FL)
• Mating Disruption for Management of Lesser
  Peachtree Borer in the Southeastern U.S. Horton,
  GA
• Multistate Methyl Bromide alternatives training
  - Louwes, NC
• Regional fire ant management publication Fuchs,
  TX

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Grants Programs S-RIPM

• This year 835,000
• Land Grants only no indirect
• Types Research, Extension, Research/Extension
• FY2005
• Relevance Technical Panels
• 8 projects funded
• PIs from 5 states

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Miscellaneous

• IRAC publication how to avoid resistance
• Multi-agency evaluation working group
• SOD training for Master Gardeners
• Pink Hibiscus Mealy bug bio-control project
• Soybean rust
• 2004 workshop for specialists with SPDN
• Sponsor Brazil tour participation
• Regional Fire Ant publication for homeowners

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Miscellaneous

• Methyl Bromide
• Organized critical use exemptions across the
  South
• Multi-state training on MB alternatives

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• Issues
• Facing the
• Southern Region IPM Center

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Issues Covering the Region

• Primary structure for covering the states is the
  State Contact
• State Contacts do not cover all states
• Contracts AR, FL, OK, TX, TN, VA, (NC), (PR)
• Volunteer SC, GA
• Not covered currently AL, LA, MS, VI

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Issues Covering the Region

• So What?
• Methyl Bromide exemption example
• Why does it happen?
• Competitive process
• We dont support a full-time position
• Solutions?
• Receive good proposals from more states
• Fund work in neighboring states
• Do more of the work out of the Center
• North Central solution

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Issues E-Extension

• Our approach to Extension resources on-line
• Catalogue existing resources
• Direct customers to state resources
• Use technology (XML, web services) to allow
  local branding while preserving other
  attributes
• Investigate ways to modernize and automate the
  recommendations process (CDMS)
• The e-extension approach (?)
• Designate or design the right content for any
  issue
• Use technology to distribute with local
  branding, etc.

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Issues The Budget

• Section 406 nixed in the Presidents budget
• Rumor IPM Centers, other IPM programs may move
• NRI
• (new) Agricultural Experiment Station
• If we move, what about indirects?
• Currently, 19-20 for NCSU and all sub-contract
  hosts
• New locations allow much higher indirect caps
• SRIPMC has an off-campus cap of 27, but most
  subs would not have this cap