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2007
Annual Report
UC Statewide IPM Program
HIGHLIGHTS |
Mustard cover crop in a vineyard. Photo by Jack
Kelly Clark. UC IPM unveils strategic plan
UC IPM finalized its new strategic plan in 2007. The plan will enhance the program's
ability to respond to emerging pest management issues.
Developed in consultation with internal and external stakeholders, the
plan presents UC IPM's vision, mission, strategic goals, and strategies.
Vision: Making ecosystem-based
integrated pest management the way Californians manage pests.
Mission:
- Increase utilization of ecologically-based integrated pest management
programs
- Provide leadership in IPM, including building coalitions and partnerships
that link with communities and public agencies
- Increase the predictability and effectiveness of pest management techniques
- Develop science-based pest management programs that are economically
and environmentally sustainable, and socially appropriate
- Protect human health and reduce impact of pest management practices
on human health and the environment
Strategic goals:
- Develop strategic research and outreach agenda
- Increase new adoption approaches
- Enhance IPM capacity within UC
- Promote widespread IPM use
- Provide statewide leadership
- Support organizational effectiveness
Strategic approach: The approach is a three-step planning process including:
- Priority Setting Based on Impact, an inventory of issues in urban,
agricultural, and natural systems prioritized to reflect the nature and
scope of the current and projected pest management need.
- Strategy Assessment, factors to address the priority areas identified
during the priority setting process:
- likelihood that research will yield an effective IPM solution
- likelihood that clients will adopt the solution
- capacity of UC IPM to address the need
- Strategy Development, short- and long-term strategies to address high
priority issues. Considerable progress has been made in 2007.
An internal restructuring has already improved efficiency and communication.
Development of a priority-setting process and review of existing activities
is well under way, further evidence of our commitment to implementing the
strategic plan.
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