The event, which is being held on November 24 and 25, will reveal the new knowledge, new strategies and new tools generated by ENDURE researchers since the launch of the Network of Excellence in 2007. It will include:

• The individual components of IPM
• Holistic approaches encompassing multiple pests and larger time and space scales
• Innovative strategies designed and assessed according to the multiple criteria of sustainable development
• Information tailored to the needs of farmers and advisers
• Learning resources for training and education in IPM
• The current state of IPM in major crops
• Socio-technical levers of IPM implementation
• National experiences on pesticide use or risk reduction and IPM implementation
• Stakeholder points of view on the future of crop protection

European Union Member States are currently working on the implementation of the Framework Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides to make Integrated Pest Management become a field reality by 2014. Major efforts in research and development are called for to accompany this initiative and help mainstream IPM.

ENDURE believes we can take advantage of the diversity of experiences, tools and strategies across Europe and build synergies to make crop protection more compatible with our new environmental goals while maintaining our competitiveness.

That’s what ENDURE has been working on since 2007 and the international conference, which is being organised by INRA, will provide the opportunity for the Network of Excellence to share the fruits of four years’ research with the crop protection community.

The event will provide farmers, advisers, policy makers, researchers and representatives of the farm supply chain and food retail sectors across Europe with the opportunity to better appreciate, critique, feed into and benefit from our research strategies and outputs. It will also provide a preview of, and help us improve, the future permanent European Research Group that will maintain, update and enrich the resources made available by ENDURE.

More details will be available on the site in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, please take the opportunity to download the first announcement of the conference (available in English and French) and share it with colleagues.

• Download first announcement in English:
  Conference announcement (English) [pdf - 33.66 kB]
• Download first announcement in French:
  Conference announcement (French) [pdf - 36.33 kB]
• On Friday November 26, ENDURE will be staging an event for French stakeholders at the same venue. Download the details here:
  Appliquer les principes de la Protection intégrée des cultures (French) [pdf - 28.67 kB]