Annual Reports

1996—Organization and Administration

Administrative staff: (top left to right) Cheryl Morris, Donna Connolly; (bottom) Theresa Kuhnt. (Photo by Mary Lou Flint)

The Statewide IPM Project is a part of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The project, headed by a director, reports to the DANR Associate Vice President for Programs. An associate director for research provides liaison with IPM researchers at the various UC campuses and field stations and chairs the project's Technical Committee. The Technical Committee, made up of the chairs of each of the project's research workgroups plus key IPM project personnel, advises the project director on allocation of research funds. The Technical Committee relies to a large degree on the recommendations of the research workgroups, which represent a diversity of UC Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension academic staff, and solicits advice from DANR commodity workgroups. The project has about 30 permanent staff members. The implementation staff includes eight area or regional IPM advisors located in county or regional offices, including an extension IPM coordinator located at the UC Kearney Agricultural Center in Parlier. The project's administrative office and staff of the grants, computer systems, IPM education and publications, and pesticide education programs are located on the Davis campus.

UC IPM directory

UC IPM PROJECT BUDGET, 1996-97

The UC IPM Project is funded primarily from state funds. The figures below describe the anticipated budget for 1996-97, reflecting salary increases over last year's budget and a $32,000 reduction due to productivity enhancements requested by the governor. Competitive grants, contracts, and gifts from agencies such as USDA, US EPA, California EPA, and the private sector fund special projects and are not included in the table.

FEDERAL FUNDS                                                          
                       USDA Smith-Lever IPM                   278,100  
                       USDA-US EPA Pesticide Applicator        30,000  
                       Training                                        
                       Subtotal--Federal funds                308,100  
                                                                       
STATE FUNDS                                                            
                       IPM Research Grants Program            769,209  
                       Extension Staff/Support                508,560  
                       Computers and Meteorology              258,446  
                       Education and Publications             224,607  
                       Pesticide Education Program            111,123  
                       Administration                         223,111  
                       Budgetary Savings Target               110,266  
                       Subtotal--State funds                 2,205,322  
TOTAL BUDGET                                                 2,513,422  

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