International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association

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

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

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.

The IBMA presidents have been: Michel Guillon, Denise Munday, Owen Jones and Willem Ravensberg.

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. These biocontrol products against plant diseases and pests are created that can be used in the organic production of food as well as in IPM production systems.

Although the products sold produce general Pflanzenvitalisierung, so the aim of the group is yet to fight specific diseases and pests in plants and food production with biological systems. In European politics promotion of organic vegetable production increases greatly. The organization makes a significant contribution with their members' products.