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Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS)

Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS). A National Approach to Surveying for Exotic Species. John Bowers, Ph.D. National Survey Coordinator Emergency & Domestic Programs USDA APHIS PPQ Riverdale, MD. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS).

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Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS)

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  1. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) A National Approach to Surveying for Exotic Species John Bowers, Ph.D. National Survey Coordinator Emergency & Domestic Programs USDA APHIS PPQ Riverdale, MD

  2. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Conducts science-based national and state surveys • Targeted at specific exotic plant pests • insects, pathogens, and weeds • Identified as threats to U.S. agriculture and/or the environment

  3. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Domestic survey program • Line of defense behind port inspections • Focus on exotic pests • Not native, widely distributed or established pests • Not PPQ Program pests

  4. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • A program focused on the early detection of exotic plant pests • Pests and pathogens not yet present in the U.S., or a very limited distribution • Potential to have a high impact if established • environmental or economic consequences

  5. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Conduct surveys for pests and pathogens we hope we do not find, and should not be here • Negative data is very important • Potential to facilitate trade (ISPM Standards) • pest-free areas • pest-free areas of productions

  6. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • CAPS has come to mean many things for many people • It is an acronym that rolls off the tongue very easily • Has taken on a wide, umbrella-like meaning

  7. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • CAPS is not a cooperative agreement program • Uses cooperative agreements to distribute funds to state cooperators • CAPS is not an umbrella program • Not all cooperative agreements are CAPS agreements • Depends on funding source

  8. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • USDA • APHIS • Plant Protection & Quarantine (PPQ) • Emergency & Domestic Programs • Pest Detection ○CAPS Funded through the Pest Detection line item

  9. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Specific program that uses the cooperative agreement vehicle to distribute funds • Other domestic programs also use cooperative agreements to fund surveys • These are not CAPS program surveys • Funded through other means or other line items

  10. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • It will be increasingly important to distinguish and track surveys and work completed with Pest Detection funds separate from surveys and work completed with other funds! • Performance measures • Congressional inquiries • Accountability

  11. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Need to track funding source to work accomplished, reports, and data entry • Identify the funding source of the data record in NAPIS or PHIS/ISIS • CAPS transitioning from NAPIS to PHIS/ISIS as the database for survey records • Need to change the cooperative agreement for 2011/2012

  12. Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) • Work plan development & submission • Module in PHIS to facilitate drafting and submitting work plans to the Regions • Submit to the Agreements Staff as a final draft agreed upon by PPQ and the State • States interested in electronic agreements

  13. From CAPS To Farm Bill

  14. 2008 Farm Bill • Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 • Section 10201: Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention • Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make available Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for:

  15. 2008 Farm Bill – Section 10201 • Early pest detection and surveillance • Threat identification and mitigation of plant pests and diseases • Technical assistance in the development and implementation of audit-based certification and nursery plant pest risk management systems

  16. 2008 Farm Bill – Section 10201 • APHIS Administrator directed PPQ to develop a business and implementation plan to spend these funds • Congress inserted language into the Stimulus Bill that authorized APHIS to use CCC funds for Administrative purposes • Plan was sent to OMB on 3/23/09 • Legal authority to spend the money

  17. 2008 Farm Bill – Section 10201 • $12 million in FY09 • $45 Million in FY10 • $50 million in FY11 – FY13 • Annual money • Funds must be obligated by September 30 • States have one year to spend the funds

  18. 2008 Farm Bill – Section 10201 • Working with the Agreements staff to streamline the process for 2009 • Farm Bill was not meant to enhance CAPS surveys, and there are requirements for reports to Congress • Farm Bill activities need to be tracked separately from CAPS activities • May involve separate work plans and/or agreements

  19. 2008 Farm Bill – Section 10201 • Implementation Plan is posted on APHIS website • Link on the Pest Detection page • Email address provided for comments • Stakeholder Registry to receive notices • APHIS will convene discussions with stakeholders in the next several weeks to ask for input

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