Integrated Pest Management for NRCS

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IPM on the World Stage!
Norm Leppla UF, IFAS, IPM Program Director
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Early History of IPM

• The Magic bullet mindset (DDT 1939)
• Insect resistance to pesticides (1947)
• Integrated control
• concept (1959)
• Concerns about overuse
• and misuse of pesticides
• (1962-present)

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Government Action

• U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
  Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (1969)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  established, pesticide regulation (1970)
• International IPM- UN/FAO/IAEA Insect Pest
  Control Section (1964) CGIAR (1971), USAID IPM
  CRSP (1971), Global IPM Facility (1996)

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Advancement of IPM in the U. S.

• FIFRA extensively amended (1972)
• "Huffaker Project NSF, USDA,
• EPA (1972)
• Cooperative Extension Service,
• IPM in every state (1975)
• Adkisson Project CIPM
• (1979-1985)
• Interagency IPM Coordinating
• Committee (1979), National
• IPM Coordinating Committee
• (1985)

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Continued Advancement of IPM in the United States

• 1st National IPM Symposium (1989)
• National IPM Forum (1992)
• National Research Initiative (1991-2007)
• National IPM Initiative, 75 crop acreage under
  IPM (1993)
• 2nd National IPM Symposium (1994)
• 3rd National IPM Symposium (1996)

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Continued Advancement of IPM in the United States

• Food Quality and Protection Act (1996)
• USDA, CSREES Integrated Research, Education and
  Extension Competitive Grants Program (1998)
• Regional Pest Management Centers created, Land
  Grant IPM Programs strengthened (1999)
• 4th National IPM Symposium (2003)
• 5th National IPM Symposium (2006)

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Future of IPM in the United States?

• Agriculture Food and Research Initiative (AFRI,
  2008), National Institute for Food and
  Agriculture (NIFA, 2009)
• 6th International IPM Symposium (2009) Concerns
  about IPM support in NIFA
• USDA, NIFA Crop Protection Program proposed in
  Presidents budget, reduces or eliminates
  Integrated Grants Program (2012) Listening
  Session Thursday afternoon
• IPM Voice, advocacy for IPM (2011)

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Session Tuesday morning Is IPM dead? What
policymakers, taxpayers, consumers and
practitioners need to know about IPM
Wrap-up on Thursday morning Jim VanKirk
IPM Voice booth
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7th International IPM Symposium
Due to its tremendous success acceptance, IPM
is dispersed in

• Sustainable organic agriculture
• Food security, safety quality
• Community and school IPM
• Environmental conservation programs
• Federal state regulatory activities
• Public health, renewable energy, etc.

International IPM Symposium- an essential forum
for coordinating and advancing IPM!