Dear IBMA Members, IBMA Global, IBMA National Groups and IBMA Professional Groups agreed to work together to produce common contributions to the different zonal steering committee meetings.This has several advantages: This has several advantages: The next Southern Zone Steering Committee meeting will be held in Madrid on Friday 18th November from 9:00-13:00. IBMA will participate and deliver […]
Dear Madam, Dear Sir, Pesticide Action Network Europe, together with MEP Biljana Borzan, IBMA, and IOBC-WPRS, invites you to the online Symposium “Solutions for the transition to agroecology in Croatia – decreasing the use of pesticides by increasing the application of Integrated Pest Control with Biocontrol, on October 28, from 09:00 to 12:00 CET. The […]
At the 17th edition of ABIM, co-organized by FiBL and the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA), representatives of the biocontrol industry met from 24-26 October 2022. This worldwide event for the biocontrol industry took place live in Basel again. More than 1550 participants from 53 nations were able to network together, face to face, as […]
We have Bernard Blum Award 2022 Winners! The best biocontrol product of the year is Pronemite by Biobest. The awardees have been announced at ABIM 2022 where David Cary, Member of the ABIM Executive Board and Owen Jones (Chair of the Bernard Blum Award judging panel) have presented the 2022 Bernard Blum Award short list success stories and the winning entry […]
Invitation for 20th October 2022, from 9.00 to 12.00: Dear Madam, Dear Sir, PAN Europe, National Council of Republic Slovenia, IBMA and IOBC-WPRS are glad to invite you to the symposium Ecological transition starts with agronomy, increasing IPM uptake with biocontrol and significant pesticide dependency reductions on Thursday, the 20th of October 2022, from 09:00 to 12:00 […]
Urgent call for more alternatives: we all need fast-track biocontrol authorisation to achieve 2030 pesticide goals For immediate release Brussels, 13th October 2022: A European Parliament seminar hosted by MEP Martin Hlaváček and co-organised by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers association (IBMA) and the Microbial Task Force, is addressing today the question : how policy makers […]
The welcome by the ABIM Executive Board and the Canton Basel-Stadt will be followed by the Bernard Blum Award, which is presented annually since 2015 by IBMA to the most innovative biocontrol product of the year. This year there will be four entries that are rewarded at ABIM and all four are given the chance […]
Dear Members,I hope you and your families are all well. I would like to invite you to the 2022 AutumnGeneral Assembly (AGM) of IBMA. The meeting will be held in the Montreal Auditorium onthe 2nd floor of the Messe Congress Centre, Basel Switzerland. In light of travel restrictions,due to COVID 19 and in accordance with […]
The EU Farm to Fork Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation Proposal (SUR) finally focuses on biological control. But how to achieve fast-track biocontrol authorisation including microbials? Invitation for 13th October 2022:Seminar on fast-track Biocontrol authorisation – in the European Parliament and online Dear Madam, dear Sir, We have the pleasure to invite you to the […]
Dear IBMA Member, Thank you for your few additional comments on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Regulation (SUR) proposal for the public consultation. These have been incorporated as far as practical. Please find online IBMA position on the SUR proposal, which content has been uploaded last week to answer the European Commission public consultation. Based […]