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From the Director
Welcome to the IPM CRSP website!
I am honored to serve as the
program director of a global development program that is
changing the lives of thousands of people around the
world. The reach of the IPM CRSP is phen-omenal: it
comprises 13 long-term projects in 33 countries, and
involves 22 collaborating American universities as well
as 51 host country institutions.
I am boggled by these numbers, but
I am even more boggled by the dedication and passion of
our 13 talented program leaders and our many wonderful
colla-borating partners—it is thanks to them that we are
able to create a program that is having so much success:
giving jobs to Bangladeshi women, controlling cacao pod
borer with biodegradable plastics in Indonesia,
producing strawberries in the Philippines and Honduras
without using pesticides, curtailing the spread of the
in-vasive weed parthenium in Eastern and Southern Africa,
and even providing American scientists with practical
knowledge about potentially invasive pests that have not
yet made it to American shores.
I hope that as you explore this
website, you will learn something about the fascinating
area of science and agriculture that is integrated pest
management. For starters, I suggest checking out these
features:
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the photo gallery –
images from our projects around the globe.
- the
Green Muscle video
– this video shows how the biopesticide Green Muscle
is used to manage grasshoppers and locusts in
Senegal (it’s in French, but you’ll still get the
gist, and the images are captivating)
- our
page on gender –
learn why involving women in IPM makes a dramatic
difference in achieving results
- our
success stories page
– learn how one of our programs is reducing a
vegetable scourge in India
Or simply tour our various
projects, both the
regional ones and the
global theme ones.
I hope you enjoy your visit.
Let
me know if you have a question or an insight to
share.
Best regards,
Muni Muniappan |
