INTEGRATED PLANT PROTECTION CENTER

OSU, the Xerces Society and Oregon Tilth have initiated a partnership to develop a grower-based program in conservation biological control (CBC) and pollinator conservation

This partnership is based upon the FAO-developed principles of Community IPM which continues as the Field Alliance. Community IPM incorporates IPM in a strategy for local, sustainable agricultural development where farmers:

• act on their own initiative and analysis;
• identify and resolve relevant problems;
• conduct their own local IPM programs that include research and educational activities;
• elicit support from local institutions;
• establish or adapt local organizations that include farmers as decision makers;
• employ problem-solving and decision-making processes that are open and egalitarian;
• create opportunities for all farmers in their communities to participate and benefit from the IPM activity;
• promote a locally sustainable agricultural system.
  
  

The program consists of:

• Farmer-to-farmer information exchanges
• Farm walks and demonstrations of techniques
• On-farm research and development
• Emphasis on farm planning as well as the techniques themselves
  
  

For information on this program, contact Gwendolyn Ellen