Measuring IPM Adoption
Recent IPM Measurement Activities
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USDA's Measurement Methodology
- "USDA Develops a Method to Measure IPM Adoption",
Charles Benbrook. This discussion of the USDA's IPM measurement methodology is from an earlier
draft of the Consumers Union book, Pest Management at the Crossroads. This excerpt is longer
than the comparable discussion that now appears in Chapter 7, pages 196-199.
- "USDA ERS Appraisal of IPM Practice on US Cropland" an
excerpt from OECD review by
Dr. Lois Levitan, Cornell University [Review is large file: 414K]
Consumers Union Methodology
World Wildlife Fund
Activities
Cornell University Projects
CU ecologist: Taxing based on food-chain rank would aid the environment,
by Roger Segelken in the Cornell Chronicle
- An Overview of PESTICIDE IMPACT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
(a.k.a."Pesticide Risk Indicators") based on Indexing or Ranking Pesticides by Environmental Impact
, Dr. Lois Levitan, an OECD Workshop on Pesticide Risk Indicators, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 21-23,
1997. [Large file: 414K]
- IPM Forum Session Summary, prepared by Dr. Lois Levitan, February
1996
- Environmental Impact Assessment:
The Quest for a Holistic Picture, Dr. Susan Riha et al., delivered at the Third National IPM
Workshop/Symposium, February, 1996
- AgImpact, an Internet discussion group
- Cornell IPM Labeling Activities are discussed in the section
IPM and the Marketplace
Other Activites