Feed the Future Bangladesh Integrated Pest Management

Feed the Future Bangladesh Integrated Pest Management Activity (IPMA): Associate Award

IPMA is a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded program that aims to strengthen the capacity of Bangladesh agricultural sector stakeholders to control and prevent the spread of current and emerging threats to crops in order to ensure productive, profitable, and environmentally safe agricultural production and productivity. 

Objectives of the IPMA include:
1) Increase the availability and affordability of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) measures for the prevention and spread of current and emerging threats;
2) Increase the capacity of Bangladesh agricultural stakeholders, such as academia, financial institutions, government, judiciary, media, civil society, the private sector, and value chain actors, to implement IPM measures; and
3) Increase the adoption of IPM by smallholder farmers to increase agricultural production and productivity, while reducing environmental hazards caused by indiscriminate use of pesticides.

In this program, Virginia Tech addresses the management of newly introduced pests and implements IPM packages for groundnut, eggplant, mango, and banana. Partners for the activity include the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) - which addresses management of fall armyworm and implements IPM packages for rice, maize, sesame, mung bean, sunflower, lentil, mustard, and potato - and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - which implements Plant Quarantine and Pesticide safety regulatory activities.

Articles, Press Releases, Success Stories

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Briefs and Promotional Materials

Team

Madhab Das,

Chief of Party

madhabcd@vt.edu

Hedyiet Ullah,

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist

hedyiet@vt.edu

 

Rasel Khan, 

Accountant

mdrasel@vt.edu

Shewly Akter, 

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist

shewly@vt.edu

 

Muni Muniappan, 

Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management

rmuni@vt.edu

Sara Hendery,

Communications Consultant

saraeh91@vt.edu

Zara Shortt,

Senior International Finance Manager

shorttz@vt.edu