aab advances in ipm 2014
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Farmers know there is a war with pests, diseases and weeds to produce our food. Do you? We are building the #croprotect website to help farmers and agronomists access info on IPMTRANSCRIPT
Toby Bruce
The vulnerability of crops to attack
by pests, diseases and weeds and
the need for crop protection
“High yielding varieties”
really?
Reducing
risks and
impacts of
pesticide
use on
human
health and
environment
Promoting
IPM and
use of
alternatives
Royal Society: “There is a pressing
need for the ‘sustainable
intensification’ of global agriculture in
which yields are increased without
adverse environmental impact and
without the cultivation of more land”.
Royal Society (2009) Policy document 11/09
A second green revolution which is knowledge intensive
rather than input intensive?
Are we losing the war?
Reducing
risks and
impacts of
pesticide
use on
human
health and
environment
Not if we fight back with innovations in IPM
Promoting
IPM and
use of
alternatives
For successful promotion, establishment and support for IPM, two
things are vital:
① Research and development of alternative approaches to crop protection
② Knowledge exchange and transfer to growers and agronomists
For successful promotion, establishment and support for IPM, two
things are vital:
① Research and development of alternative approaches to crop protection
② Knowledge exchange and transfer to growers and agronomists
This will require: 10 X INVESTMENT
COLLABORATION
HIGH QUALITY INNOVATIVE SCIENCE
REGULATORY APPROVALS
For successful promotion, establishment and support for IPM, two
things are vital:
① Research and development of alternative approaches to crop protection
② Knowledge exchange and transfer to growers and agronomists
“CROPROTECT”
Information sources
Grower input on their local crop protection challenges
Information delivery - solutions relevant to the location & its specific problems
Information processing + design of IPM systems
Geographic information system Include cropping history
Web portal
Which pests, weeds, diseases are a problem?
Novel combinations of tactics
New solutions as alternatives to pesticides
Industry and academic Identify best practices for pest management
①
②
③
④
⑤
Better access to info about
crop protection
“CROPROTECT”
N D J F MA MJ J A S ON D J F MA MJ J A S ON D J F MA MJ J A S O
Build a network of farmers and agronomists interested
in pioneering the system
Design a user interface through which farmers and
agronomists can enter details (module 1)
Conduct a test run of the system to determine the main
problems faced
Design and build the geographic information system
(module 2)
Build the knowledge bank of potential solutions (module
3)
Determine the best practices for managing specific
pests, weeds and diseases (module 4)
Automate the system so that best practise solutions can
be matched with site specific problems (module 5)
Test run and obtain feedback from pioneer farmers and
agronomists
Optimise and refine the system
Upscale and roll out to farmers and agronomists for the
whole UK with a promotional campaign
2014 2015 2016 2017
“CROPROTECT”
The address for the actual website will be http://croprotect.rothamsted.ac.uk
WAKE UP, THE WAR IS REAL !
This will require: 10 X INVESTMENT
COOPERATION
HIGH QUALITY INNOVATIVE SCIENCE
REGULATORY APPROVALS
