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The Arizona Pest Management Center

A strategic plan to reorganize IPM resources in Arizona's Pest Management Center to meet stakeholder needs, improve communication, and secure funding for effective pest management programs.

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The Arizona Pest Management Center

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  1. An Initiative and Strategic Plan for Investment in and Re-Organization of Integrated Pest Management Resources in Arizona The Arizona Pest Management Center Opportunity Focused Excellence Relevance APMC

  2. Opportunity Focused Excellence Relevance The Arizona Pest Management Center Goal Create a working environment in which the science and implementation of IPM can thrive in Arizona APMC

  3. Why focus on the Arizona Pest Management Center? APMC: Opportunity APMC • Enhance our pest management efforts • Better meet the needs of our local stakeholders • Improve regional & federal communication • Better compete for regional resources

  4. 4.31 Million Dollars in Pest Management Center Monies USDA IPM Program 4 Regional Centers

  5. 1.17 Million Dollars in Pest Management Center Monies Western Region IPM Center

  6. $116,036 in Pest Management Center Monies Pacific Southwest IPM Center

  7. APMC $53,086 (of $220,986 for 4 years; 46% of PSIPMC) in Pest Management Center Monies + $40,000 in new monies requested from UA-CALS administration Arizona Pest Management Center

  8. How can we sustain & enhance program quality? APMC: Focused Excellence APMC • Invest new resources into APMC • Reorganize & better manage existing resources • Acquire more competitive monies • Focus on our pest management programs that: • Insure stakeholder needs are met • Synergize technology transfer • Better respond to pest management problems & inquiries

  9. How can we sustain & enhance program quality? Focused Excellence APMC • Create an umbrella organization for pest management programs, issues & inquiries • Hire new IPM Program Coordinator • Establish steering committee with oversight function • Invite broad membership and representation to the APMC, with advisory function

  10. How will reorganization be beneficial to CALS & the citizens of Arizona? APMC: Relevance APMC • Enhance visibility of IPM & CALS (local, regional, national, international) • Sustain industry & stakeholder partnerships • Focused, strategic programming • Improved tech. transfer & IPM education • Enhanced IPM funding & other opportunities • Interdisciplinary teams • IPM surveys and databases • Pest Management Strategic Plans (PMSPs, mandated) • E.g. ca. $200,000 available annually from Western region for critical emerging issues

  11. USDA IPM Program Four Regional Centers Western Region IPM Center Pacific Southwest IPM Center Arizona Pest Management Center All Faculty, Staff & Stakeholders interested in Integrated Pest Management Membership

  12. Will this change take place? CALS Reaction APMC • Dean and the Executive Council are very supportive of the concept & see the benefits to the College and to our clientele. • University budgets and funding are under negotiation now; funding of this initiative is uncertain. • Your input is valuable.

  13. Insects Weeds Issues Diseases How are these efforts related? APMC & CROP APMC Cross APMC C R O P Commodity Pest Management Water Labor

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