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• 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.

• Updated: Papers in scientific journals
  

  Four new papers in scientific journals have so far been published by ENDURE researchers this year, tackling a range of Integrated Pest Management-related issues. They encompass the principles underpinning IPM, research and development priorities in the face of climate change, robust cropping systems to tackle pests under climate change and the challenges and opportunities for IPM in Europe with a focus on minor uses.

• France: Agriculture and innovation for 2025
  

  French Ministers have welcomed a report detailing an ambitious package of projects designed to enable France to develop more innovative and sustainable agriculture over the coming decade.

• New IPM projects scheduled for March launch
  

  New Integrated Pest Management (IPM) projects will be launched early next year as the C-IPM (Coordinated IPM) ERA-NET’s first call for projects reaches the final evaluation round.

• EuroBlight helps spawn Asian network
  

  The prospect of a global fight against late blight in potato is a step closer to reality with Europe’s EuroBlight helping to inspire the creation of a similar network in Asia. The launch of AsiaBlight follows the founding of a network in Latin America (Red Tizon Latina) and could be particularly significant as China and India are now among the largest potato producers in the world.

• Catch up with BIOCOMES
  

  There is a chance to catch up with progress in the BIOCOMES project (‘New biological products for sustainable farming and forestry’) with the publication of its fourth newsletter. The project, comprising 13 industrial partners and 14 research institutes and universities from 14 countries, is seeking to offer 11 new biological control products for arable, vegetable and fruit tree crops, plus new solutions for forestry and two new production technologies.