IPM In the News

2024

• Integrated Pest Management in Bangladesh: Highlighting and Harnessing Women’s Important Role in Vegetable Production. Agrilinks. 7-11-24
• AI-powered app helps farmers in Bangladesh detect and manage pests. VTx. 6-26-24
• Following Integrated Pest Management and Global Good Agricultural Practices Training, Bangladesh Catalyzes Mango Export Potential. Agrilinks. 3-7-24
• In Bangladesh, Multidisciplinary Teams Work Together to Combat Destructive Eggplant Pest. Agrilinks. 1-23-24

2023

• How Integrated Pest Management Practices Could Provide a Pathway to Improved Crop Production and Increased Technical Knowledge for Women. Agrilinks. 9-13-23
• Business Trip Contributes to Creating Business Opportunity for the Private Sector Marketing of IPM Products. IAPPS Newsletter. 7-10-23
• From Training to Innovation: Entrepreneur Develops Tricho-Vermicompost Business with Support from IPM Innovation Lab. Agrilinks. 7-5-23
• Improving food security through biocontrol: Virginia Tech program supports biocontrol of the destructive fall armyworm in Nepal and Bangladesh. NewAGInternational. 6-29-23
• International training for Nepal and Bangladesh officials on "Production Protocol of Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Fall Armyworm." 5-22-23. ICAR.
• Virginia Tech and Collaborators Respond to Threatened Coconut Production in Bangladesh. Agrilinks. 2-2-23
• Virginia Tech and Collaborators Respond to Threatened Coconut Production in Bangladesh. Agrilinks. 2-2-23
• International Training Workshop on "Mass Rearing and Release of Parasitoids" in Bangladesh. IAPPS Newsletter. 1-5-23

2022

• The Benefits and Constraints of Integrated Pest Management in Nepal: Findings and Recommendations from a GESI Analysis. Agrilinks. 11-4-22.
• Fall Armyworm in Nepal: The Importance of Early, Targeted Intervention. Entomology Today. 8-9-22
• Knowledge, Management, and Gender Implications of Pesticide Safety in Nepal. Agrilinks. 3-22-22
• Students Reflect: Gender, Integrated Pest Management, and Equitable Agriculture. Agrilinks. 3-11-22
• Two New Invasive Weeds Reach Nepal: Mimosa Diplotricha and Sphagneticola Trilobata. IAPPS Newsletter. 3-11-22
• Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab Publishes Booklet Gathering Packages for Crops. Agrilinks. 2-07-22

2021

• In Africa: Adapting Innovations. Virginia Tech Magazine. 12-13-21
• Women, Integrated Pest Management, and Vietnam: Findings from the Field. Agrilinks. 11-22-21
• World Academy of Sciences recognizes head of project advancing climate change research in Nepal. VTx. 11-22-21
• Invasive Species Spread: Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change from Space. Agrilinks. 10-29-21
• Why Augmentative Biological Control Holds Promise for Advancing Agriculture in Developing Countries. Entomology Today. 10-25-21
• Two is better than one: Researching the gendered impacts of agricultural technology through storytelling. Engendering Data Blog. 9-30-21
• The Pest that Conquered the World. The Niche. 9-2-21
• A Case for Preservation: The Value and Constraints of Maintaining Insect Collections in Developing Countries. Entomology Today. 8-26-21
• Digital Engagement and Training Helps Increase Agro-dealer and Farmer Knowledge on Integrated Pest Management in East Africa. Agrilinks. 8-19-20
• $3 million USAID award will address crop threats in Bangladesh. VTx. 8-18-21
• Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management Hosts Webinar on Biological Control of Parthenium hysterophorus. IOBC Newsletter. 8-11-21
• IPM Innovation Lab Develops IPM Packages for Rice, Lentil, and Maize. IAPPS Newsletter. 8-2-21
• Graduate Students in Nepal Uncover the Impact of Climate Change and Invasive Species Spread. Agrilinks. 7-27-21
• IPM Packages Streamline Crop Pest Solutions in Developing Countries. Entomology Today. 7-22-21
• ICIPE launches mass release of indigenous natural enemies to control fall armyworm. IOBC Global Newsletter. 7-21-21.
• Virginia Tech team tracks invasive weeds, climate change impacts from space. VTx. 7-2-21
• Kenyan Farmers Find Hope in Fighting Fall Armyworm. Agrilinks. 6-8-21
• Virginia Tech Research Explores Climate Change and the Future of Food in Nepal. Food Tank. 6-1-21
• Kenya Imports Two Promising Biocontrol Agents to Fight the Invasive Weed Parthenium hysterophorus. IAPPS Newsletter. 5-1-21
• 'Push-Pull' innovation helps female farmers in East Africa see crop, livestock, and income improvements. VT News. 4-28-21
• Nepali Women Improve Inclusive Access to Inputs: Insights from the Field. Agrilinks. 4-14-21
• Farmer, service provider, manufacturer, extension worker: Four perspectives of rice seeders and IPM in Cambodia. Rice Today. 4-6-21
• Women and Gender in Development Conference: Lessons Learned. Agrilinks. 3-26-21
• Understanding GESI: Pathways to Inclusive Integrated Pest Management in Nepal. Agrilinks. 3-18-21
• The Gendered Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Ethiopia and Beyond. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 3-10-21
• 2020 Integrated Pest Management Research, Data, and Findings: A Look Back. Agrilinks. 2-9-21
• Two Insects Lead the Fight Against Destructive Invasive Weed - But There's Still More To Be Done. Entomology Today. 1-19-21

2020

• Virginia Tech team wins three awards for excellence in integrated pest management. VT News. 12-23-20
• COVID-19 in Cambodia: Farmer Experiences, Gendered Impacts, and Ways Forward. Agrilinks. 12-7-2020
• Rural communities often left behind when economic development comes to town. VT News. 11-12-20
• Integrated Pest Management Amid COVID-19: Impacts, Constraints, and Adaptations. Gender, Food, Agriculture, and Coronavirus - Penn State Blog Series. 10-30-20
• IPM Innovation Lab Featured in United Nations publication and COVID-19 disproportionately affects female farmers in Nepal. CIRED Connect. 10-26-20
• A Farmer's Key to Success in Uncertain Times: Integrated Pest Management. Agrilinks. 10-22-20
• Safe, Innovative Solutions to Track and Fight Tomato Pests. Agrilinks. 10-13-20
• The Chain Reaction of Climate Change and Invasive Species Spread: Impacts, Realities, and Sustainable Solutions. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 9-17-20
• Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development-Volume 3. United Nations Office for South South Cooperation. 9-14-20
• Locust Invasion in Nepal. Spotlight Magazine. 8-18-20
• Integrated pest management practices bring more than $12 billion to the developing world. VT News. 7-30-20
• New Study Reveals Natural Enemies of Fall Armyworm in Both Asia and Africa. Entomology Today. 7-23-20
• Virginia Tech partners with Nepal to provide virtual pesticide safety training. VT News. 7-22-20
• Introduced Natural Enemies of Parthenium Weed a Success in East Africa. IOBC Newsletter. 7-17-20
• COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects Female Farmers in Nepal. Agrilinks. 7-4-20
• IPM Innovation Lab Hosts Virtual Pesticide Handling and Safety Webinars. IAPPS Newsletter. 7-1-20
• International Seminar on Transboundary Pest Management. IAPPS Newsletter. 7-1-20
• COVID-19 response in developing countries: Virginia Tech team adapts agricultural services when farmers needs them most. VT News. 6-12-20
• Collaboration between Virginia land-grant institutions leads to success in fighting invasive weed. VT News. 6-9-20
• Farmer-focused partnership leads to improvement, innovation of Cambodia's rice sector. Rice Today. 6-1-20
• IPM Innovation Lab welcomes new research associate. CIRED Connect. 6-1-20
• IPM Innovation Lab and iDE maintain, increase plant protection services during global pandemic. CIRED Connect. 6-1-20
• Mapping Invasive Species Spread from Above for Prevention Efforts Below. Agrilinks. 5-26-20
• Satellites Capture Spread of "Mile-a-Minute Weed" from Space for Improved Food Security on the Ground. Agrilinks. 5-13-20
• Study Shows Elevation Affects Fly's Use as Natural Enemy of Invasive Weed. Entomology Today. 5-7-20
• Virginia Tech scientist corrects history of biological control. VT News. 4-17-20
• Pesticides and Post-Harvest: How Fruit Bagging Mitigates Losses, Improves Exports. Agrilinks. 4-15-20
• Biocontrol of Fall Armyworm: The Chain Reaction that Led to Regional and Cross-Continental Management. Agrilinks. 3-19-20
• Gender Research in Vietnam: Applications for Both Farmers and Scientists. Agrilinks. 3-18-20
• Grant to help model potential arrival of invasive species and protect tomato crops. CBS 19 News. 3-5-20
• Virginia Tech, University of Virginia work to safeguard U.S. tomato industry from invasive pest. VT News. 3-2-20
• Virginia Tech, USAID partner to promote inclusive agricultural development in Nepal. VT News. 2-26-20
• Integrating Gender in Agriculture Research Investments. Agrilinks. 2-25-20
• Cambodian Farmer Implements and Modifies Machinery, Improves Quality of Rice. Agrilinks. 2-13-20
• Rodents and Rice: Cambodian Farmers Find Safe and Productive Ways to Fight Furry Pests. Agrilinks. 2-12-20
• Virginia Tech program plants seeds of innovation for Cambodian rice farmers. VT News. 2-11-20
• A Private Sector Collaboration Keeps Pests at Bay, Partnerships Possible. Agrilinks. 2-10-20
• Field Notes: Biocontrol of the Fall Armyworm - Long-term Resilience for Small-scale Farmers. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 2-10-20
• UVA, VT receive federal funding to support agriculture industry. CBS 19 News. 1-16-20

2019

• IPM Program Prepares Farming Communities in Nepal for Impacts of a Changing Climate. Agrilinks. 12-18-19
• Virginia Tech Taps Text Message Services to Assist Smallholder Farmers. Agrilinks. 12-13-19
• Abating the Invasive Parthenium Weed to Improve Livestock Health. Agrilinks. 11-29-19
• Study on Push-Pull Technology Shows Valuable Links to Women's Empowerment. Agrilinks. 11-1-19
• Modeling and Managing Invasive Species in the Developing World. GAP Report. 10-15-19
• Call for fighting the scourge of "Farmasissa" in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Herald. 10-22-19
• Scientist's gift to bring top-flight international lecturers to campus. VT News. 8-19-19
• Symposium: "Management of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frujiperda" IPPC 2019, Hyderabad, India. IAPPS. 8-17-19
• IPPC 2019 Symposium: Management of the South American Tomato Leafminer Tuta absoluta. IAPPS. 8-17-19
• OPINION: Harmful invasive species are on the move, we need a global alliance to stop them. Thomson Reuters Foundation News. 8-7-19
• Training an army of giants for the biological control of fall armyworm. ICRISAT Happenings Newsletter. 8-10-19
• Report: Reaching Every Corner of the World with Sustainable Solutions. Food Tank. 7-23-19
• Virginia Tech: A Global Land-Grant University Serving the World. The World Food Prize.  7-15-19
• Cross-Border Technology Transfer: Biological Control of the Fall Armyworm in Asia and Africa. Agrilinks. 7-15-19
• IPM Innovation Lab Conducts Virus Disease Workshop in Nepal. IAPPS Newsletter.  7-15-19
• IPM Innovation Lab Helps Uganda and Kenya Secure Permits to Fight Invasive Weed. Agrilinks. 7-12-19
• Current distribution range of the leaf-feeding beetle Zygogramma bicolorata on Parthenium hysterophorus in Nepal. IOBC Newsletter. 6-28-19
• Big problems, little solutions. Virginia Tech Global. 6-12-19
• New Guide Details Pest-Management Practices for Longan. Entomology Today. 6-5-19
• New research on sustainable agriculture shows why farmers adopt or dismiss nontoxic farming methods. VT News. 5-22-19
• Agri-business Blooms out of Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab Partnership. Agrilinks. 5-9-19 
• Why IPM Adoption is Lower in Developing Countries. Entomology Today. 5-7-19
• Enhancing the Private Sector: Two Teams Collaborate for a Common Goal. Agrilinks. 4-11-19
• Regional teamwork urged for crop pest. China Daily. 4-08-19
• Virginia Tech taps text message services to assist farmers in developing countries. VT News. 4-1-19
• Stakeholders Meet in Nepal to Develop Action Plan Against the Fall Armyworm. IAPPS. 3-29-19
• Program prepares farming communities in Nepal for impacts of a changing climate. VT News. 3-25-19
• Gender Research in IPM: Women's Empowerment as a Key to Unlocking Food Security. Agrilinks. 3-22-19
• Gender Research in IPM: Women's Empowerment as a Key to Unlocking Food Security. Entomology Today. 3-15-19
• Preparing for Invasive Pests Before They Arrive. Undark. 3-11-19
• Be Careful with Invasive Pests. Nepal. 3-6-19
• Celebrating Women in Science: Eight Women Breaking Ground in Agriculture. Food Tank. 2-11-19
• Knowledge Management: Online and Offline Tools for Global Success. Agrilinks. 1-29-19

2018

• Nigeria maize production falls as army-worms attack farmlands, spends $532.1 million on importation. Naija News. 12-26-18
• A Dangerous Pest is on its way to Nepal. Spotlight Magazine. 12-9-18
• Global Agricultural Productivity Report enables Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to expand its global reach. VT News. 12-2-18
• Entomologist from Vietnam gains global perspective at Virginia Tech. VT News. 11-27-18
• Virginia Tech teams up with researchers in Niger to improve livelihoods. VT News. 11-26-18
• Not Just Maize: Africa's Fall Armyworm Crisis Threatens Sorghum, Other Crops, Too. Prevention Web. 11-21-18
• Not Just Maize: Africa's Fall Armyworm Crisis Threatens Sorghum, Other Crops, Too. Entomology Today. 11-20-18
• Virginia Tech to host gender and international development conference. VT News. 10-29-18
• Value-Added Food and Processes: Biocontrol Opens New Prospects in the Sahel. Agrilinks. 10-24-18
• Center for International Research, Education, and Development names communications director. VT News. 10-17-18
• Agrilinks Young Scholars Blog Contest: We Have a Winner! Agrilinks. 10-16-18
• Training on Trichoderma and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria. IAPPS. 10-1-18
• Professor awarded for research contributions and four decades of service. VT News. 10-2-18
• How Science and Extension Services Benefit from International Collaboration. Agrilinks. 9-24-18
• Virginia Tech researchers make small discovery that could keep millions from going hungry. VT News. 9-14-18

• Male Out-Migration: A Change in Households, a Change in Public Spaces. Agrilinks. 9-19-18

• Fighting Nature with Nature: Scientists Mobilize Biological Control Against Devastating Fall Armyworm. PreventionWeb. 9-11-18

• Fighting Nature with Nature: Scientists Mobilize Biological Control Against Devastating Fall Armyworm. Entomology Today. 9-11-18
• Fall Armyworm's Arrival in India Sparks Fear of its Spread Through Asia. Earth Island Journal. 8-20-18
• Virginia Tech’s simple fix for Vietnam cuts pesticide use, sends bugs packing. VT News. 7-30-18

• Mapping Climate Change, Invasive Species, and Semblances of Hope. Agrilinks. 4-27-18

• March of the Armyworm. Earth Island Journal. 6-6-18

• Countries Get Heads Up About Leafminer Invasion Thanks to Virginia Tech. Growing America. 3-9-18 

• Biological Control of Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in Ethiopia. IOBC Newsletter. 12-1-18 
• Two Sides of the Same Life: Controlling Pests in Cambodia. Global Plant Protection News. 3-1-18
• Two Sides of the Same Leaf: Controlling Pests in Cambodia. Feed the Future Newsletter. 2-1-18
• Bangladesh: Women entrepreneurs produce Trichoderma. Global Plant Protection News. 4-17-18
• IPM Innovation Lab Presents Webinars on Neem and Trichoderma. IAPPS Newsletter. 9-1-18
• BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence. IAPPS Newsletter. 9-1-18
• Student from Niger with ties to Virginia Tech wins major award. VT News. 3-15-18
• Killer weed in East Africa no match for Virginia's land grant institutions. Virginia Tech Magazine. Spring 2018
• Killer weed in East Africa no match for Virginia's land grant institutions. Connected Africa. 1-18-18
• Killer weed in East Africa no match for Virginia land-grant institutions. Augusta Free Press. 1-20-18
• Bangladesh: Women entrepreneurs produce Trichoderma. Global Plant Protection News. 4-17-18
• Virginia Tech provides key intel in U.S. an Egyptian-led battle against a major pest. VT News. 3-30-18
• Using Integrated Pest Management to Reduce Pesticides and Increase Food Safety Agrilinks. 3-6-18
• Countries get heads up about tomato leafminer thanks to Virginia Tech VT News. 3-7-18
• Countries get heads up about tomato leafminer thanks to Virginia Tech. HortiDaily. 3-12-18
• Killer Weed in East Africa No Match for Virginia's Land-Grant Institutions. CBS. 1-18-18

2017 

• University Innovations Cross Borders to Deliver Impact. Feed the Future Newsletter.
• Virginia Tech scientists rally international coalition to stop a pestilent 'army.' Virginia Tech News.
• As corn pest ravages crops in Africa, Virginia Tech program leads the charge. Virginia Tech News.
• Scientific Modeling Helps Defend Tomatoes Against Flying Foe. Feed the Future Newsletter.
• Virginia Tech scientist edits new integrated pest management book. Virginia Tech News.
• Virginia Tech program leads international workshops on destructive tomato pest. Virginia Tech News.

2016

• Helping the World Grow Better. Virginia Agriculture
• Early measures to save tomato harvest. The Daily Star
• Virginia Tech expert tapped for United Nations work in Saudi Arabia. Virginia Tech News.
• Virginia Tech scientist works to control insects that attack Niger's most important food crop. Virginia Tech News.
• Tomato pest devastating to crops. News-press.com
• You say tomato, these moths say dinner. The New York Times
• The Coming Tomatopocalypse: Could a Tiny Moth Make Ketchup Scarce? Civil Eats
• Why We Love Science. The Huffington Post
• Virginia Tech-led training creates greater crop yields in East Africa. VT News
• Virginia Tech Leads Research on Tomato Leafminer. VT News
• Muniappan: Note to Virginia agriculture: Invasive pests edge closer to America's shores. Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Africa's Big Tomato Pickle: Miner Grubs are Wiping Them Out. Bloomberg
• Virginia Tech Researcher Sounded Alert on Nigeria's 'Tomato Emergency.' VT News
• Invasive Pest Modeling for Tuta absoluta. Virginia Tech Biocomplexity Institute
• 7 Tips to Keep Pests –and Pesticides–out of Your Garden. Growing Virginia
• IPM Innovation Lab Awarded Ethiopian funding for Parthenium biocontrol. International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences
• Gift from Ethiopian university helps combat crop-destroying weed. Virginia Tech News

2015

• Virginia Tech programs assist earthquake recovery in Nepal. WSLS
• Ag Life: Moths threatening tomato crops. Virginia First.
• Innovation Lab Launches Preemptive Strike Against Destructive Insect in Nepal. Agrilinks.
• Virginia Tech Gets Jump on Destructive Pest in Nepal. August Free Press.
• Invasion of the Tomato Leafminer. Scientific American "Food Matters" Blog.
• Sowing the Future. Virginia Tech Research magazine.
• Virginia Tech program receives grant to improve agriculture in developing countries. WSLS10.

2014

• Banana leaf roller, a new pest to Nepal. IAPPS Newsletter, Vol. 9.
• First record of the predatory bug, Nisidiocoris tenuis,in Ethiopia. IAPPS Newsletter, Vol. 7. 
• Invasive mealybugs in Southeast Asia – ecological insights to facilitate control. IAPPS Newsletter, Vol. 4.
• Virginia Tech awarded $18 million to implement integrated pest management program in developing countries. Digest Project - Feed the Future Innovation Labs and Collaborative Research Support Program.
• Virginia Tech Feed the Future Lab awarded $18 million in funding. Collegiate Times.
• Virginia Entomologist Honored for Work in Tropical Agriculture. India West.
• Parasitic wasp unleashed on insect pest. Inside Science
• Tiny killer wasps deployed in first phase to thwart food security threat in Indonesia. CIAT blog
• Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia. Science Daily.
• Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia. Phys.org.
• Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia,Virginia Tech-Led Researchers Say. Newswise.
• Buried Treasure: Virginia Tech programs collaborate to improve potato production in Ecuador. Agrilinks.
• US scientists use coconut dust for germinating stronger seeds. HindustanTimes.
• Seeding success in India turns coconut dust into gold. Phys.org.
• US scientists at Virginia Tech use coconut dust for germinating stronger seeds. The Economic Times (India)
• US scientists use coconut dust for germinating stronger seeds. Business Standard India.
• US scientists use coconut dust for germinating stronger seeds. Deccan Chronicle.

2013

• $1.59 million grant for international research. The Collegiate Times.
• University awarded $1.59 million to pursue agricultural research in developing countries. VT News.
• Innovation that's making a difference: Integrated pest management in South Asia. Feed the Future Newsletter.
• Trichoderma fungus to benefit farmers. The Independent.
• IPM IL work covered in Indian newspaper. Prajavani.

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