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The basic features of a typical rice IPM Farmer Field School are as follows: [4] [5] The IPM Field School is field based and lasts for a full cropping season. A rice FFS meets once a week with a total number of meetings that might range from at least 10 up to 16 meetings. The primary learning material at a Farmers Field School is the rice field.
Sterile Insect Technique: Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-4051-1. Regnault-Roger, Catherine; Philogene, Bernard JR (2008) Past and Current Prospects for the use of Botanicals and Plant allelochemicals in Integrated Pest Management. Pharm. Bio. 46(1–2): 41–52
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, also known as DPR or CDPR, is one of six boards and departments of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The stated mission of DPR is "to protect human health and the environment by regulating pesticide sales and use, and by fostering reduced-risk pest management."
Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment. [1] The human response depends on the importance of the damage done and will range from tolerance, through deterrence and management, to attempts to completely eradicate the ...
Encourage the adoption of Integrated Pest Management practices through grants and other technology transfer initiatives. Provide assistance for transitioning to Integrated Pest Management practices. Increase public understanding of pests and pesticide risk as well as demand for sustainable approaches to pest control. [31]
Its policy work is focused on pesticide regulation, [13] environmental protection, [14] workforce safety, [15] [16] and integrated pest management. [17] NPMA developed GreenPro, green pest management certification program, available to pest control companies, in 2009.
Forest IPM is utilized for the whole life of the tree, from site prep to harvest. An IPM treatment is utilized before the cost of the treatment is equal to the reduction in crop value due to past injury, which is called the economic injury level. [1] Forest integrated pest management has a strong emphasis on intensive forest management. [2]
The IOBC serves as a resource for international organizations, for example: the European Commission on sustainable use of pesticides [1] and the status of IPM in Europe, [2] the EC Regulation of Biological Control Agents with regard to invertebrate biological control agents, [3] the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research on IPM, [4] the European and Mediterranean Plant ...