Immediate Objectives of IPM Florida

 

Determine needs and opportunities for IPM in Florida

  • Identify key crops, commodities, pests and natural enemies
  • Develop shared objectives for rapid progress
  • Increase financial support for IPM research and education
  • Survey Florida for systems that can advance IPM
  • Describe successful IPM projects in Florida
  • Submit the CSREES IPM 5-year plan
  • Interface the UF/IFAS, IPM program with the Florida First Initiative

Foster interdisciplinary collaboration in IPM

  • Establish coalitions of entomologists, plant pathologists, weed scientists and others
  • Facilitate partnerships among colleagues focused on IPM, including user groups
  • Enhance research projects to derive efficacy data
  • Build institutional partnerships to increase efficiency and effectiveness
  • Institute a competitive IPM mini-grants program

Enhance IPM communication

  • Identify expertise in specific crops, commodities, pests and natural enemies
  • Establish a responsive IPM office
  • Develop and maintain an IPM Web site
  • Establish an advisory committee and conduct semi-annual meetings
  • Maintain state, regional, national and international IPM linkages

Increase the delivery of IPM

  • Emphasize county extension programs
  • Incorporate IPM options into the pest management guides
  • Collaborate with authors to publish IPM information
  • Advance commercial IPM in Florida
  • Enhance teaching of IPM