The goal of the Risk Avoidance and Mitigation (RAMP) program is to enhance the development and implementation of innovative integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for (a) multi-crop food and fiber production systems; or (b) production systems on an area-wide or landscape scale. The primary emphasis of RAMP applications should be crop productivity and profitability while addressing critical environmental quality and human health issues. RAMP applications may address major acreage crop production systems, key fruit and vegetable production systems, or other agroecosystems where identified environmental quality or human health issues exist. The RAMP program will fund long-term projects that involve systems approaches.