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. 2022 Sep 22:2:72.
doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.14679.2. eCollection 2022.

Development of an online pan-European Integrated Pest Management Resource Toolbox

Mark Ramsden  1 , Margherita Furiosi  2 , Paolo Debenedettis  2 , Isidora Stojacic  3 , Marta Mendes  4 , Nicolas Munier-Jolain  5 , Tito Caffi  2
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Development of an online pan-European Integrated Pest Management Resource Toolbox

Mark Ramsden et al. Open Res Eur. .

Abstract

The IPM WORKSIPM Resource Toolbox (Toolbox) has been developed as an interactive, online repository of integrated pest management (IPM) resources. Populated with high priority resources for farmers and their advisors during the project, its structure enables additional resources added over time. The repository is a public interactive website, available to anyone looking to access, understand, and implement IPM. Built on an open-source content management system, the toolbox is designed to require minimal post-production site maintenance and support, while being easily expanded to integrate resources from future initiatives. To ensure an efficient but comprehensive website design, population, maintenance, a survey of target user needs was conducted. Different type of IPM stakeholders, both internal and external to the IPMworks project, ranked the key requirements for the Toolbox, such as practical information about diseases and pests' management and economic thresholds: 343 feedbacks and answers from a survey of 10 questions, carried out across Europe in four languages, provided the key elements and foundation for the IPM Resource Toolbox website development and specification. The Toolbox resources are explained in different languages, with images, divided by topics, with the possibility to find additional details and accessible by smartphone.

Keywords: Integrated Pest Management; multi-actor; resource toolbox; survey data.

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No competing interests were disclosed.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Response share to the anonymous survey across Europe (n= 343: different shades on the map show different share of respondents.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Share of end users who agreed with one (or more) technical characteristics that the ongoing IPM Resource Toolbox should fulfil.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.. Degree of importance given to the description of IPM techniques and evaluation of their economic and environmental impacts by different stakeholders’ group, expressed as a percentage of the number of respondents in each group.
The degree of importance ranged between 1 and 5 in the survey, where 1 corresponded to “not important” and 5 “very important”. The degree is represented by a blue colour scale, from darker blue for value 1 to lighter blue for value 5 (please note that all five colours may not be present in all bars).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.. Stakeholders groups’ trust in content when they know who produced/shared it, expressed as a percentage of the number of respondents in each group.
The degree of importance ranged between 1 and 5 in the survey, where 1 corresponded to “not important” and 5 “very important”. The degree is represented by a blue colour scale, from darker blue for value 1 to lighter blue for value 5 (please note that all five colours may not be present in all bars).
Figure 5.
Figure 5.. Preference to image-based content by different stakeholder groups, expressed as a percentage of the number of respondents in each group.
The degree of preference ranged between 1 and 5 in the survey, where 1 corresponded to "I don't prefer image-based contents" and 5 corresponded to "I prefer/want image-based contents". The degree is represented by a blue colour scale, from darker blue for value 1 to lighter blue for value 5 (please note that all five colours may not be present in all bars).
Figure 6.
Figure 6.. Average stakeholders’ awareness of past and current projects, expressed as a percentage on the number of respondents in each group.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.. IPM resource Toolbox homepage.
Figure 8.
Figure 8.. An example of available resource on the IPM resource Toolbox.
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