What’s New?

• The latest from Agrilinks! Cross Border Technology Transfer: Biological Control of the Fall Armyworm in Asia and Africa

• New research on sustainable agriculture shows why farmers adopt or dismiss nontoxic farming methods

• Success Story: Agribusiness Blooms out of IPM Innovation Lab Partnership

• IPM IL Spring 2019 newsletter is available!

• NEW VIDEO: View a how-to video for using natural enemies against the devastating millet head miner. 

• Also find the IPM Innovation Lab on Facebook and Twitter @IPM_IL.

How is the IPM Innovation Lab changing the world?

IPM for Fall Armyworm Workshop Held in Ethiopia

icipe, one of the IPM Innovation Lab’s collaborators, released a brief report covering a May workshop on integrated pest management of the fall armyworm. 

The IPM Innovation Lab Prepares Vietnam for Tomato Pest

The devastating tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta is expected to soon reach the South Asian country. 

IPM Innovation Lab Helps Uganda and Kenya Secure Permits to Fight Invasive Weed

The IPM Innovation Lab assists Uganda and Kenya in releasing two natural enemies against Parthenium, a destructive weed that threatens food security and health. 

Virginia Tech taps text message services to assist farmers in developing countries

The IPM Innovation Lab implements mobile technology to improve pest and disease information delivery in the developing world. 

Gender Research in IPM: Women’s Empowerment as a Key to Unlocking Food Security 

The IPM Innovation Lab is working to ensure men and women benefit from agricultural innovation equally, as women continue to face constraints that limit profits, contributions, and productivity.