An ecologically-based participatory and collaborative IPM research and capacity building project in Central Asia

USAID is sponsoring a Collaborative Research Support Program for Integrated Pest Management in Central Asia (IPM-CRSP). The project fosters development of a comprehensive IPM initiative, using an ecologically-based and multidisciplinary systems approach. Michigan State University, the University of California-Davis and The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) are the host institutions collaborating with colleagues from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

The Project has three components based on the needs assessment and priorities identified at the regional IPM Stakeholders Forum organized in Uzbekistan in May 2005:
Component 1) Landscape ecology to enhance biodiversity and biological pest management.
Component 2) Enhance efficiency, products line and crop usage of Central Asian biolaboratories.
Component 3) Develop and implement IPM extension/outreach and university education programs.

Funding Agency: USAID IPM-CRSP, managed by Virginia Tech University.
Related programs: MSU Institute of International Agriculture and World Technology Access Program.

News: Central Asia IPM project shares 2008 King Baudouin Award.
ICARDA, other CGIAR Centers and Michigan State University Consortium for Central Asia and Caucasus have been awarded the 2008 King Baudouin Science Award for Outstanding Partnership. Read press release.