![]() ![]() ![]() During the reporting period we have reached over 8,000 target audience individuals which included participants from the above groups, and row crop producers. Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21 Outputs Target Audience:The WVU Extension Implmentation Program targets commercial fruit orchardists, small farm producers, vegetable growers, Master Gardeners, county agents, producers, and home owners/backyard gardeners. They will include questionnaires, log sheets, and interview/focus group questions. It will also document short-term outcomes (learning), measured by pre-/post questionnaires, observations, and interviews (See logic model and measurement chart for details.) medium-term outcomes (action), using methods such as logs by participants and monitoring by a scout (See logic model and measurement chart for details.) and long-term outcomes (conditions) primarily by comparison of records collected at the beginning of the project with records collected at the end of year 1, 2, and 3.Evaluation tools will be developed at the beginning of the project. Project Methods The evaluation plan for this project will include collection of output information such as number and topics of workshops and educational meetings, number of people trained, number and type of mentoring situations initiated by experts, number and type of reports, articles, and other information distributed, and websites and other media outlets developed. Approximately, 33% of the total budget is allocated for administration and coordination of the project. The co-PD's are Mirjana Bulatovic-Danilovich, Daniel Frank, Barbara Liedl, Allison Nichols, and Mahfuz Rahman. The program coordinator is Rakesh Chandran and administrative contact is Ronnie Helmondollar. Implementation of IPM practices and resultant benefits such as pesticide use reduction will be determined using the matrix detailed in the evaluation component of this proposal. Training workshops, demonstrations, field days, pest ID and diagnostic clinics, Go-to-Meetings (teleconference), extension meetings, newsletters, fact-sheets, pamphlets, Ag-Alerts, etc., will be utilized to deliver the program. We have outlined well-defined extension programs to reach out to commercial orchardists, vegetable and small-fruit producers, county agents, Master Gardeners, pesticide applicators, homeowners, and consumer horticulture providers. We plan to build upon the successful programming efforts accomplished during the 2014-'17 cycle to strengthen partnerships between NRCS and the State Master Gardener Association and to build our program to the next level to further implement IPM in commercial orchards and other specialty crops, and to engage in 'Citizen Science' projects to foster IPM at the end-user level. There are four secondary priority areas for this project: 1) IPM Conservation Partnerships (18% of total budget) 2) IPM Support for Diagnostic Facilities (6% of total budget) 3) IPM Education for Pesticide Applicators (5% of total budget) and 4) IPM Partnerships in Wide-Area Pest Monitoring and Reporting Systems (4% of total budget). The primary priority of this project is IPM Implementation in Specialty Crops (35% of total budget) which has the following two objectives: 1) IPM Implementation and Evaluation in Commercial Tree Fruit Production and 2) IPM Implementation and Evaluation in Other Specialty Crops. This project is also structured to meet the needs identified by the IPM stakeholder committee in West Virginia with active collaboration from West Virginia State University and the integration of five different disciplines. ![]() ![]() It addresses the priorities of the CPPM program such as "to disseminate IPM knowledge and improve adoption of IPM practices" and "implementation of IPM practices on a broad scale." It also aims to "reduce human health risks, and to reduce environmental risks" as outlined in the National IPM Roadmap. Non Technical Summary This is an EIP project submitted by West Virginia University. ![]()
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