NPSEC News – October 4th, 2018
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This notice was originally created by the EPA and published on the Federal Register. A summary is provided below along with a full link to the article.
The EPA requests public nominations of scientific experts to be considered for ad hoc participation on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) through membership on the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Science Review Board (SRB). All nominees will be considered for ad hoc participation providing independent scientific advice to the EPA on health and safety issues related to pesticides. The FIFRA SAP is comprised of biologists, statisticians, toxicologists and other experts and is assisted in their reviews by members of the FQPA SRB.
This article was originally posted by Vegetable Growers News. A full link to the article can be found below.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced four Methyl Bromide Transition awards that will improve the management of major pests impacting U.S. watermelon production, tomato production.
The multi-tactic research and extension outcomes from these awards will result in the development of integrated, sustainable and economically viable management strategies targeting major pests impacting these production systems. The Methyl Bromide Transition program seeks to solve significant pest problems in key agricultural production and post-harvest management systems, processing facilities, and transport systems for which methyl bromide has been withdrawn.
These grants are part of NIFA’s Methyl Bromide Transition Program, Integrated Activities.
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Suzanne Forsyth, PERC Director
UC Davis Extension 530-757-8603 email: spforsyth@ucdavis.edu |
Kaci Buhl, PERC Deputy Director
Oregon State University 541-737-8330 email: kaci.buhl@oregonstate.edu |
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The eXtension Foundation (EF) is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for Land Grant University Pesticide Safety Education Programs (PSEP) for 2019. This opportunity is made available through a cooperative agreement (#X8-83698001) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and administer a national sub-award program in support of pesticide applicator education, and training for certified applicators of restricted used pesticides. The National Pesticide Safety Education Center (NPSEC) will continue to collaborate with EF to lead the professional development part of the project and to assist PSEPs in enhancing some of the educational products they develop as part of the expectations attached to the funding.
Requirements of sub-awardees for this program to receive funding are as follows:
Agree to share one educational material or product for the purposes of enhancing PSEP programs both regionally and nationally.
Submit progress reports every six (6) months using a standard online template.
Attend a minimum of one of the following 1-hour training webinars as part of this program for reporting system training and professional development. Anticipated dates are: January 31, 2019 at 3 pm EST; May 6, 2019 at 1 pm EST; September 30, 2019 at 3 pm EST and December 2, 2019 at 3:00 pm EST.
In order to be eligible for this funding opportunity applicants must be affiliated with a U.S. Land Grant University. Only one application per state will be eligible for funding and preference will go to 1862 Land Grant Universities. Please contact psefmp-helpdesk@extension.org if you have any questions regarding eligibility.
The funding period for this subaward will be Jan. 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019.
Each PSEP will be eligible to apply for a base amount of $18,750.00 USD plus 5% of the funds divided proportionally based on the percentage of the number of certified applicators in each state or territory. The number of certified applicators in a state or territory will be based on the most recent figures of certified applicators as supplied by the EPA. Additional amounts available to the state or territory will be listed in the budget section. Payments to successful sub-awardees will be made January 3 – 15, 2019.
Application System Opens: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8 am EST
First round of reviews: October 22, 2018
Second round of reviews: November 19, 2018
Application Deadline: Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 8 pm EST
Final round of reviews: December 10, 2018
Sub-award Notification Announcement: December 21, 2018
Funds distributed by: January 15, 2019
EF will use a multi-step approach in the receiving and review of applications for this program. Each application will be reviewed by EF and an advisory panel including representatives from NPSEC, APPCO, AAPSE, PERC and the PSEP community for eligibility, compliance, completeness and potential collaboration. Additionally, through this process, applicants will have the opportunity to be involved in a NPSEC subject group to create educational materials.
In an effort to make the application process as streamlined and user friendly as possible, applicants will be able to download, sign, scan, and upload the sub-award agreement from the application site. Applications that have not been signed will not be considered for funding. The average time for completion of an application is 56 minutes.
Applications for this funding opportunity can be accessed at the following link on October 1, 2018 at 8:00 am EST: https://applyextension.
PSEPs will receive an invitation for optional training via Zoom for October 1, 2018 at 11 am EST for the online application system. During training, EF will provide a step by step walk through of the application site, application and submission. For those who are unable to attend the training, it will be recorded and sent via email to view at your convenience. Additional trainings will also be held the same week.
Applicants with any questions please send an email to psefmp-helpdesk@extension.org.
The United States Cooperative Extension System, with funding from Cooperative Extension directors and administrators, and USDA-NIFA, shares resources and tools through eXtension that enables the Extension workforce to scale up its local and national impact. eXtension is an integral part of the national Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) and is organized as a 501(c)3 non-profit membership organization. Its Board of Directors represents the five regions of Cooperative Extension, ECOP, and USDA-NIFA.
The NPSEC seeks to strengthen the national system of university extension Pesticide Safety Education Programs by improving the quality, consistency, and accessibility of educational offerings, promoting collaboration and leveraging of educational resources and learning assessment tools, and increasing revenue generation. The Center, originally incubated by eXtension Foundation received start-up funding from CropLife Foundation and crop protection companies BASF, Bayer, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, and Syngenta. NPSEC does not receive any EPA funding under the EPA-eXtension Foundation cooperative agreement.
This article was originally published by the Journal of Integrated Pest Management. Below is just an abstract. The full article link is available below the abstract.
At times when the Cooperative Extension System (CES) continues to receive decreased funding to accomplish its core mission, a useful strategy to mitigate such effects is train-the-trainer workshops conducted through partnerships. Here, we describe steps taken to conduct, over a 5-yr period, six train-the-trainer workshops coordinated by the Lincoln University (LU) IPM program in cooperation with the Missouri Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, the University of Missouri (MU) Extension, and the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA). Subject matter experts from 10 U.S. states provided training to 228 educators from MU Extension, LU Cooperative Extension, USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS), MDA, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), University of Illinois Extension, and University of Nebraska Extension as well as vocational educators and growers representing early IPM adopters. At the end of each 2-day workshop, trainees indicated that they significantly increased their IPM knowledge base (a short-term outcome) leading to improved abilities to assist farmers. Important mid-term outcomes were documented. For example, combined results from 9-mo post-workshop surveys indicated that: 1) 3,554 farmers were assisted by 127 trainees (survey responders) using IPM information received at the workshops, 2) 29.7% of the respondents wrote articles for newsletters and/or newspaper columns (179 total outputs), and 3) 87.8% provided one-on-one assistance to clients. Overall, the implementation of the workshops described here was successful, and the outcomes highlight the efforts that the CES in Missouri is taking to train Extension educators and agriculture (Ag) professionals in necessary IPM skills for the benefit of farmers.
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This article was originally published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Below is only a summary. You can find the link to view the full article on their website below.
Globally, one out of nine people suffers from chronic hunger, and undernourishment is growing (1). Global average surface temperatures are also rising and are projected to increase by 2° to 5°C this century, with negative impacts on agricultural production. Even today, despite substantial plant protection efforts, about one-third of crops are lost to insect pests, pathogens, and weeds. How will climate warming affect these crop losses on a global scale? On page 916 of this issue, Deutsch et al. (2) evaluate the impact of rising average surface temperatures on yield losses due to insects in wheat, maize, and rice, which are staple foods for billions of people. The results show that insects will cause significantly increased grain loss across many regions of a warmer world.
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