Important Issues of Interest to the Western IPM Center

• Legislation and Policy
  • EPA Updates: Archives
  • Worker Protection Act Standards
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
  • EPA Assessing Cumulative Risk
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
  • USDA/ERS Issues

• USDA Pest Management Centers
  • Workshop/Conference Reports

• What is IPM?
  • "Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks."
  • National Road Map for IPM (PDF* 40KB) and The PAMS approach (Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, Suppression) (PDF* 16KB)

• Genetically Modified Organisms
  • Insecticide Resistance Management Training
  • Ag Biotech Infonet
  • Agricultural Biotechnology from USDA
  • Council for Biotechnology Information
  • Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology

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