This $210,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329). The funding supports a one-year initiative led by the University of Tennessee's Agriculture Extension Service to provide stakeholders with knowledge and recommendations for effective, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) practices. The key activities...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), will fund a $281,755 extension implementation program led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The program will address four priority areas: (1) implementing integrated pest management (IPM) in agronomic and specialty crops (65% of funding), (2) IPM for...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports an interdisciplinary research and extension project at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The project aims to develop and implement integrated pest management (IPM) strategies targeting six priority areas: 1) IPM for specialty crops, 2) IPM for communities, 3) IPM for pollinator health, 4) IPM for pesticide...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports the implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies across specialty crops, public health, and animal agriculture in Maryland and the Delmarva region. The primary goals are to help farmers adopt more holistic and biodiversity-friendly IPM practices that reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides,...
This $284,483 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) supports the University of Arizona's Arizona Pest Management Center in implementing high-impact integrated pest management (IPM) programs across three priority areas: agronomic and specialty crops, community settings including housing and schools, and public health. The project aims to advance IPM...
This $285,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) supports the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) in delivering a comprehensive set of extension products and training programs. The key objectives include: 1) Administrative coordination to support new Cooperative Extension academics, 2) Developing IPM...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. The goal of this 1-year project (Sep 2024 - Aug 2025) is to develop transdisciplinary integrated pest management (IPM) programs that leverage the latest scientific information to help stakeholders in Georgia and the...
This $222,574 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will support integrated pest management (IPM) research, education, and extension initiatives across agricultural crops, communities, and public health domains. Key activities funded under this 1-year grant include: implementing IPM practices for agronomic crops (50% of funding),...
This $166,178 Project Grant award, funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329), supports integrated pest management (IPM) research, extension, and education initiatives across agricultural and community environments. The key products and services to be delivered include: IPM implementation in agronomic crops and animal agriculture, IPM education for pesticide applicators, and overall...
This $239,314 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program will support integrated pest management (IPM) research, extension, and education initiatives in Massachusetts. The key goals of the project are to: 1) Provide outreach and education to Massachusetts specialty crop growers on IPM practices, 2) Conduct applied and demonstration research...
This $273,000 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA #10.329 - Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program) supports integrated pest management (IPM) initiatives in Virginia. Key activities include:
IPM implementation in agronomic and specialty crops through train-the-trainer workshops, regional evaluation surveys, pest resistance monitoring, and IPM promotion in protected cropping systems and the nursery/floriculture industries.
IPM implementation in communities, including a bed bug IPM training program and IPM promotion in community gardens.
IPM for pollinator health, including promoting IPM practices for managed pollinators and using on-farm demonstrations to improve pollinator habitat.
Support for pest diagnostic facilities.
The project aims to increase IPM adoption, implementation, and efficiency to minimize risks to human health and the environment, while reducing reliance on broad-spectrum pesticides. A $54,600 sub-award to Virginia State University supports the "Virginia IPM Extension Implementation Program" component.