Jennifer Lewis, IBMA Executive Director was invited by Western Growers to speak on a regulatory panel about the European regulatory situation, alongside US Environmental Protection Agency, Terry Stone, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency and regulatory specialists from Latin America. It is notable that the bottlenecks due to lack of evaluation resources (money and skills) for […]

Following the first AGM of IBMA Belgium, Raffael Buonatesta ( former) IBMA Belgium Chair and CEO of Fytofend spoke at an event hosted by Pesticide Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility and Agroecology Europe to discuss ways forward for resilient agriculture. The event […]

Following joint calls with farmers organizations to speed up access to biocontrol, IBMA invited Copa Cogeca and IFOAM Organics Europe to meet with Carlos Goulart, Secretary of Animal and Plant Health of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil to learn more about the Brazilian experience with biocontrol.  The Plant Health Attaché, Permanent Representation […]

The theme of the International Day of Biological Diversity 2024 is Be Part of the Plan. As farmers urge policymakers for a plan to speed up access to biocontrol, we ask – can Europe’s biodiversity, farmers and food security wait another decade? When biodiversity has a problem, agriculture has a problem Unsustainable pest control practices […]

Full-time, IBMA Office, Brussels Founded in 1995, the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) is an international non-profit trade association, based in Brussels since 2013. With over 220 members globally we represent the manufacturers of biocontrol solutions, known alternatives to control pests and diseases effectively in an environmentally friendly way in agriculture, forestry, public spaces, and […]