IPM Decisions Platform – a Pan-European online platform hosting decision support systems and associated resources for integrated pest management.
Crop protection and pest management are major economic and environmental concerns throughout Europe. The consultation of decision support systems (DSS) to guide decisions relating to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is one of the key principles of IPM, reducing the ambiguity around potential risks to crop health. 'Pests' in this context include invertebrate pests, weeds and pathogens. The impact of DSS can be limited by a lack of awareness of DSS availability, inconsistencies in the user functions of different DSS, regional fragmentation of access, and a lack of transparency of the origin, validity, and benefits of DSS. Failure to address these limitations undermines trust in IPM DSS and leads to a reluctance of farmers and advisors to invest time in consulting multiple DSS sources as part of their agronomic decision toolbox. The EU-funded IPM Decisions project (Grant agreement ID: 817617) addressed these limitations by creating a Europe-wide free-access online platform. The IPM Decisions platform was designed in consultation with farmers, advisors and wider stakeholders to increase access to and uptake of IPM DSS integrated within it. It offers an end-point for IPM researchers and DSS developers to make adapted and novel DSS available to users, and provides a 'one-stop shop' for farmers and advisors looking to consult free access or paid IPM DSS. Dedicated dashboards within the platform facilitate farm set up, consultation of DSS, comparison of DSS outputs, and adjustment of model parameters for adaption to different pests/regions. The IPM Decisions digital infrastructure enables easy integration of models and data with external platforms, providing a framework for accessing and sharing models and data between researchers and developers. The platform therefore provides both a ready to go user interface for new DSS, as well as the infrastructure to support and connect existing and future user interfaces.
Authors
- Angelo Marguglio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-8832)
- Björn Andersson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-5237)
- Ilias Travlos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7713-0204)
- N. D. Paveley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1709-4563)
- Nikolaos Georgantzı́s (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-5368)
- Harm Brinks
- Mette Sønderskov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6213-9751)
- Antonio Caruso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-6527)
- Berit Nordskog (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-6091)
- Marko Debeljak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-4295)
- Tor-Einar Skog
- Mark Ramsden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-0575)
- Christophe Pradal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2555-761X)
- Jurij Marinko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-1643)
- D.J. Skirvin
- Lise Nistrup Jørgensen
- Eleanor Dearlove
Institutions
- Agricultural University of Athens (GR)
- Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (FR)
- Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (GB)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
- Jožef Stefan Institute (SI)
- Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences (NL)
- Central Denmark Region (DK)
- Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systèmes de Culture Tropicaux et Méditerranéens (FR)
- Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy) (IT)
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NO)
- Business France (FR)
- ESC Dijon Bourgogne, École supérieure de commerce de Dijon-Bourgogne (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research Europe
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21411.1
- Primary Topic
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
- European Commission