All the news

• IPM news from the Near East
  

  The latest issue of the Arab and Near East Plant Protection Newsletter (ANEPPNEL), published jointly by the Arab Society for Plant Protection and the Near East Regional Office of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, is now available.

• Seven IPM projects get green light
  

  The results of the first call for proposals from the Coordinated Integrated Pest Management in Europe (C-IPM) ERA-NET have now been published, with seven research projects selected.

• France unveils new National Action Plan
  

  France has published the second version of its National Action Plan, reconfirming its ambition to cut pesticide use by 50% over the course of a decade. The recently published Ecophyto ll pledges an extra €30 million to help achieve this and outlines a raft of measures building on the first plan, which has its origins in France’s major stakeholder consultation on the environment in 2008.

• SMaCH: Analysis and evaluation of crop losses
  

  The latest newsletter from INRA's Sustainable Management of Crop Health (SMaCH) metaprogramme is now available, focusing on the work of three projects designed to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to crop losses.

• Transnational IPM research on track
  

  The C-IPM ERA-Net recently held its second annual meeting, bringing together representatives from 31 funding organisations to discuss potentially interesting call topics and proposals for future workshops. The meeting also included a workshop on communication for boosting the impact of IPM research.

• The importance of coordinating IPM R&D
  

  Researchers stressed the importance of coordinating Integrated Pest Management research during a special session at October’s Ecophyto colloquium in Paris, France. The session, dedicated to the importance and added value of coordinating IPM-related research, attracted around 200 people, including scientists, policy makers and farmers, who listened to three talks and participated in a round table discussion

• Events calendar: Check it out!
  

  We regularly update our events calendar, and around 15 events have been recently added. New events include June’s Plant Physiology 2016 in Dallas, USA, and October’s 2nd Global Summit on Plant Science in London, UK.

• Europe and China join forces for IPM project
  

  A new four-year Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project has been launched, bringing together 18 partners from Europe and China and focusing on three crops chosen for their economic importance: tomatoes, leafy vegetables and grapes.

• PURE: Design and assessment tools available
  

  While the PURE project has officially finished, its legacy lives on, not least in the tools produced over the course of four years. These resources include the work of the teams addressing Integrated Pest Management design and assessment methodology and an adapted version of the DEXiPM multi-criteria assessment tool.

• New coordination for minor uses
  

  The European Union’s Minor Uses Coordination Facility is now operational and will be seeking to help EU farmers produce high quality crops by filling gaps in minor uses through efficient collaboration, improving the availability of chemical and non-chemical tools within an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach.