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International Pest Control β July/August 2022 β Vol 64, Nr.4
With no sign of the war in Ukraine coming to an end any time soon and with every chance this could prove to be a long drawn-out war the issue of grain shortages combined with high fuel and fertiliser costs means that any research that suggests we could maintain yields with reduced inputs has to […]
International Pest Control β May/June 2022 β Vol 64, Nr.3
TheΒ Governor of the Bank of England is concerned about the level of food price inflation that has been a consequence of the war in the Ukraine. And while food price rises in Europe and the USA may be βapocalypticβ the area of greatest concern is surely the cost of staple foods in the less […]
Key Questions in Urban Pest Management
May 2022 Paperback 216 Pages ISBN 9781800620155 By: Partho Dhang, Independent Consultant, Philippines, Philip Koehler, University of Florida, USA, Roberto Pereira, University of Florida, USA, Daniel Dye II, Brooker, Florida, USA Urban pests are common all over the world. These include cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, bed bugs, ticks, fleas, ants, termites, rodents and others. These pests […]
International Pest Control β March/April 2022 β Vol 64, Nr.2
Even if you live far from the war in Europe the implications for the cost of basic foods and products needed by agriculture will reach you. While European countries struggle to cope with millions of refugees β an issue already familiar to many other countries around the world β there is also the real concern […]
International Pest Control β January/February 2022 β Vol 64, Nr.1
We are a little late getting this issue out in part due to the intervention of Covid but all well now and hopefully we will catch up during the year. We kick off with measuring a cropβs carbon footprint which seems timely following COP26. Arable agriculture has a role to play in reducing greenhouse gas […]
International Pest Control β November/December 2021 β Vol 63, Nr.6
It is sad, but not unexpected, to read that the COVID pandemic has undermined decades of development according to the UN FAO. When combined with the impacts of climate change which were clearly stated at the recent COP26 in Glasgow it is a big concern that our efforts to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals […]
An innovative year-round larvicide for mosquito control
Mosquitoes are considered one of the most serious vectors of some of the worldβs deadly diseases afflicting the tropical and subtropical countries. One of the devastating mosquito transmitted diseases, malaria is known to be endemic in 117 countries with 3.2 billion people living at risk all over the world and about 350 to 500 million […]