Project description
Protecting crops without pesticides
Along with the promotion of organic farming, integrated pest management (IPM) is one of the tools for low-pesticide-input pest management. IPM is based on prevention and non-chemical control to enable reduced reliance on pesticides. This approach is tested by very few pioneer farmers throughout Europe; the majority of European farmers rely heavily on pesticides with major environmental and societal impacts. The EU-funded IPMWORKS project will promote the adoption of IPM strategies. An EU-wide network of farmers who will progress further in IPM practices will help to show other farmers the benefits of holistic IPM. They will demonstrate low reliance on pesticides with better pest control, reduced costs and enhanced profitability. The project will also organise training and produce training material.
Objective
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is based on a diversity of pest management measures (prevention, non-chemical control, best practices for optimizing pesticide efficiency, etc.). These are combined at the farm level to enable reduced reliance on pesticides, and therefore a decrease in the exposure of the environment and people to pesticides. Rare pioneer farmers throughout Europe are testing such IPM strategies and are succeeding in achieving good outcomes with low pesticide inputs. However the majority of European farmers still rely heavily on pesticides, with major environmental and societal impacts, because most of them have not adopted a comprehensive, farm-level and holistic IPM strategy so far.
The objective of IPMWORKS is to promote the adoption of IPM strategies, based on a EU-wide network of farmers, who will both progress further in the adoption of IPM – through peer-to-peer learning and joint efforts – and demonstrate to other farmers that holistic IPM “works”; i.e. allows a low reliance on pesticides with better pest control, reduced costs and enhanced profitability. IPMWORKS will coordinate existing networks promoting IPM and launch new hubs of farms in regions or sectors where IPM pioneers are not yet engaged in a relevant network. Advisors coordinating hubs will have a major role in facilitating knowledge sharing, coaching farmers to find their own IPM solutions, and organising local demonstration activities. IPMWORKS will stimulate access to the ‘IPM Decisions’ platform and provide information on the IPM methods. It will collect data for comparing IPM strategies, and share results and dissemination material through channels widely used by farmers, broadcasting IPM success stories. It will organise training, and produce training material, targeting both farmers outside the network and advisory services, in order to prepare for the future dissemination of the peer-to-peer learning approach and the general adoption of IPM throughout the EU.
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75013 PARIS
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9820 Merelbeke
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75008 Paris
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31320 Auzeville Tolosane
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6708 PV Wageningen
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WA6 0AR Cheshire
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7800-502 Beja
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50059 Zaragoza
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6708 PB Wageningen
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8000 Aarhus C
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89-122 Minikowo
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20123 Milano
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DD2 5DA Dundee
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75012 Paris
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30240 LE GRAU DU ROI
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CV8 2LG Kenilworth Warwickshire
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31610 Navarra
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8800 RUMBEKE-BEITEM
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2000 Maribor
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15705 Santiago De Compostela
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8410 RONDE
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8382 Hinnerup
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13110 HAMEENLINNA
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R93 Carlow
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26939 Ovelgoenne
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04004 Almeria
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04120 Almeria
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531 98 LIDKOPING
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06484 Quedlinburg
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56127 Pisa
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11855 ATHINA
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3003 Bern
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21000 Novi Sad
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