The IPM/CRSP will be implemented by a consortium of U.S. and East African institutions, with The Ohio State University (OSU) serving as the lead university and Virginia Tech as the management entity. A coordinating unit (CU) will be headquartered at Makerere University Faculty of Agriculture in Uganda and include member representatives from each participating nation. It will co-ordinate IPM research, training, extension and technology dissemination activities in the region.

Objectives
To develop a specialized, ecologically based IPM research program focused on priority pest constraints of selected higher value marketed horticultural crops.

The research program will:

• Reduce higher-value horticultural crop losses due to pests

• Reduce the use of pesticides to minimize adverse environmental impacts

• Lower cost-of-production

• Improve food safety and quality

• Increase crop marketability and value

These objectives will be achieved by:

• Implementing a participatory approach to IPM research and technology transfer;

• Identifying emerging regional IPM research needs for priority horticultural crops;

• Identifying effective IPM strategies to be shared throughout the region;

• Developing an effective technology transfer and dissemination plan for reaching regional producers including women;

• Developing a plan to enhance human resource capacity that will increase IPM research and training capabilities of the region;

Facilitating networking and institutionalization of IPM in the region.


USA Partners
The Ohio State University
Virginia Tech
Tennessee State University

Regional Partners
Makerere University Faculty of Agriculture
The Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization
Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)
Egerton University
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzanian Coffee Research Institute

International Partners
The World Vegetable Center
International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology

PI: Mark Erbaugh, The Ohio State University
E-mail: erbaugh.1@osu.edu