International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association

The International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association (IBMA) is a worldwide association of the biocontrol industry, with its head office in Brussels.[1]

International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association
AbbreviationIBMA
Formation1995
TypeInternational Association
PurposeManufacturers' Union for products of Biocontrol in crops
Location
Region served
world wide
President / Executive Director
Sylvia Plak / Jennifer Lewis
Websitewww.ibma-global.org

The association sponsors the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting held in Basel, Switzerland.

History

In 1995, the IBMA was founded in Brighton (England), whose founding president was Bernard Blum. In his honour the Bernard Blum Award was launched in 2015.[2]

The IBMA presidents have been: Michel Guillon, Denise Munday, Owen Jones and Willem Ravensberg.[3] Current IBMA Global President is Sylvia Plak.

Scope

The association sees itself representing the manufacturers of biocontrol products mainly within the European Union, the OECD, and FAO.

In workshops, the experiences of the members is to be exchanged, in particular at the annual ABIM Congress in Basel.

In contrast to the chemical crop protection industry (Agricultural Industry Association) the IBMA members produce Bioeffectors, i.e. botanicals, pheromones, invertebrate biocontrol agents and micro-organisms as a basis for plant protection products.[4] These biocontrol products against plant diseases and pests can be used in the organic production of food as well as in IPM production systems.

A large percentage of IBMA members are Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs). IBMA Members’ Biocontrol products are used in conventional farming systems in integrated pest management (IPM) when intervention is required.

IBMA is a member of BioProtection Global, a worldwide federation of biocontrol and biopesticides industry associations.

See also
  • Biological pest control

References
  1. Webpage IBMA Team 2016
  2. Webpage Bernard-Blum-Award Archived 2016-07-28 at the Wayback Machine requested on 27. July 2016
  3. "Information of Willem Ravensberg concerning IBMA-Presidents" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  4. IBMA product groups
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