Success Stories
Around the world, the IPM CRSP is changing lives for the better. See how by reading an overview of the program or one of the many success stories below.
While the IPM CRSP has two broad categories of projects: regional and global themes projects, they are presented here by geographical location.
Overview: The IPM CRSP: More Food, Better Health, Higher Income
Caribbean
The regional program for Latin America and the Caribbean addresses pest management issues for selected seasonal and perennial crops, focusing on tomato, peppers, cucurbits, diversified highland vegetables, cacao, and plantain. (See:
Crops for Broad-based Growth and Perennial Production for Fragile Ecosystems.) And, two of the global theme programs have significant activity in the Caribbean:
Regional Diagnostic Laboratories (in Guatemala) and the
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Insect-Transmitted Viruses in the IPM CRSP (Jamaica, Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.)
Asia
When we speak of Asia here, we refer to South Asia (India and Bangladesh, for our purposes), Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippines) and Central Asia (Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan).
The Regional IPM Project for Southeast Asia supports research and technology transfer activities on IPM for tomato, eggplant, strawberries, and rice-vegetable systems in the Philippines. And, under Phase III, a new host country—Indonesia—was added.
The area of central Asia is a new one for IPM CRSP activity. This part of the world was isolated for more than 50 years during the Soviet era. Thus, in this region, CRSP activities focus on human resource development, networking and training and exchange programs. Here, the IPM CRSP is building the next generation of leaders, scientists and practitioners. (See:
Central Asia Regional IPM Project).
Eastern Europe
Efforts in Eastern Europe (Albania, Moldova and Ukraine) focus on dealing with post-Soviet issues in agriculture—many farmers here do not have much experience farming since many came to the business after the privatization period. Other issues they face are: a lack of education and sources of impartial advice. Most have no experience with extension personnel and obtain much of their information from pesticide and seed companies. Nonetheless, great strides are being made.
Africa
Both regional and global theme programs operate in Africa: from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in the east (See:
Regional IPM Program in East Africa), to Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Guinea and Senegal in the west (See:
West African Regional Consortium of IPM Excellence), back to eastern and southern Africa with the parthenium program in Ethiopia, Uganda, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa (See:
Management of the Weed Parthenium).
Latin
America
More than 500 producers have been trained on improved management of the Andean potato weevil and tuber moth in Ecuador—both devastating pests to the potato crop—a valuable source of income and diet staple. In other Latin American countries, similar advances are being made. In addition to Ecuador, the IPM CRSP currently manages efforts in Guatemala and Honduras.
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