Outreach Team

One of IRAC’s key roles, coordinated by the Outreach (formerly Communication & Education / C&E) Team, is the dissemination of information that will promote good IRM practices around the world. This is done through the generation of printed (posters, handouts, etc.) and electronic (website, eTools, etc.) educational material that can be used by a wide audience. Members of IRAC are encouraged to give presentations and hold poster sessions at national and international meeting and conferences. A wide range of posters and presentation slides are available and can be downloaded via the links on the various IRAC web pages.

The IRAC focal point for the Michigan State University Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD) is John Immaraju (AMVAC) who is a member of the IRAC US group. Both IRAC International and IRAC US provide support for the update and maintenance of the database.

Outreach Team Objectives

Development of C&E material for the coming year
Leverage communication & education through the CropLife network
Maintain and improve the website as the main IRAC communication & education vehicle for resistance and IRM information
Communicate IRM & IRAC news through the circulation of newsletters
Upgrade, update and maintain the MSU Database

IRAC Video: IRM Explained

A grower-focused, animated, and diagrammatic explanation of Insecticide Resistance and its management from CropLife International and the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee.

PlayIRM explainedA grower-focused, animated, and diagrammatic explanation of insecticide resistance and its management

Available in English, Arabic, Bahasa (Indonesian), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog (Philippines), Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

IRAC Video: Insecticide Mode of Action Explained

An animated and diagrammatic explanation that explains the importance of mode of action as the basis for effective and sustainable resistance management.

PlayInsecticide Mode of Action explainedAn animated and diagrammatic explanation of the importance of mode of action as the basis for effective and sustainable resistance management

Available in English, Arabic, Bahasa(Indonesian), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog (Philippines), Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Key outreach resources

Insecticide Resistance Training – Basic Module V1.0, Jan '20
Insecticide Resistance Training – Intermediate Module V1.0, Dec '22
Advanced training module on IRM V1.0, Aug '21
Trends in IPM: A commentary from an IRAC Perspective V1.0, Mar '25
IRM and Industry: The Origins and Evolution of IRAC and the MoA Classification Scheme V1.0, Jan '21
MoA Brochure V11.4, May '25
IRAC IRM leaflet for growers V2.0, Jun '21
IRM Grower Leaflet – editable template V2.0, Jun '21
IRAC Overview Poster V4.2, Oct '21
Communicating Insecticide Resistance to Farmers V1.0, Nov '15
IRAC CropLife IRM Booklet V1.0, Jul '07
IRM Mini Vector Booklet V2.0, Nov '14
Report on IRM for fall armyworm in corn in Puerto Rico V1.0, Dec '19
Computer models applied to insecticide resistance management V1.0, Feb '19
Factors impacting a resistance monitoring Program V1.0, May '22
IRAC presentation: CropLife MENA Regional Hub Meeting, Jordan V1.0, Jul '23