Reducing Risks to Health, the Environment and the Economy through Community IPM

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Abstract:

Integrated pest management (IPM), in theory and application, has evolved during a period of over 40 years to be applicable in nearly all settings where pests are found. Federal IPM initiatives have traditionally been focused on agricultural commodities, where IPM was used to mitigate pesticide resistance and prevent crop losses through the use of multiple crop management techniques. To many, IPM has become a tool used for managing economic and environmental risk. In recent years, IPM has broadened to include non-agricultural settings and much work has gone into research and resource development to promote IPM in the human environment, or Community IPM. Land grant universities have pieced together programs that address non-agricultural pest management needs, there are a few federally funded programs targeted at specific aspects of Community IPM, but needs are growing and there is no unifying Federal initiative to support States in their attempt to fill this research and extension gap. This paper attempts to define the meaning and scope of Community IPM and proposes a framework that includes partnerships and addresses the issues at the agriculture-urban interface.

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