This Quarter 4 2011 issue focuses on the issue of pests, with a special focus on IPM CRSP. Farmers in selected sites in Central and Northern Luzon, for example, are now following the approaches under the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) set up by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the path toward agricultural progress. The IPM CRSP has an encompassing scope; it covers agriculture, trade, environment, and gender equity. In not a few places where it works, the program promotes production options in a manner we have rarely seen before.