Issue Editorial & Contents
International Pest Control – September/October 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.5
It doesn’t seem that long ago that the UN member states established the Sustainable Development Goals, although why they chose to number them and always present them in that order is beyond me. Next year will be the tenth anniversary of that event and no-doubt there will be a summit involving lots of people travelling […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.4
Back on track this issue… the Special Feature section returns and there is no shortage of articles about Biting Insects. We may now have a malaria vaccine that is over 70% effective in children (do watch the BBC Horizon documentary “The Battle to Beat Malaria” if you haven’t already – but only after you’ve read […]
International Pest Control – May/June 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.3
I’ll start with an apology to those of you who were anticipating a special feature on Vertebrate Pests. It turns out this was a bad choice on my part as we had no-one stepping up to write articles and perhaps this topic may be regarded as old hat.What is definitely not out of fashion is […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.2
With all the technology we have available to us it is a tragedy that in 2024 we have a global food crisis with millions of people – many of them farmers – unable to afford a healthy diet. According to IFAD one in three people on the planet do not have access to a healthy […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.1
AI to predict yields, ag tech to cut billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, a database to help the understanding of the problems of European forests, a futuristic agricultural solar park – agri-PV – and NASA spotting grape disease from space before it is spotted on the ground. There seems no end to the […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.6
“For far too long, malaria has threatened the lives of billions of people across the globe, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable amongst us.” So says Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India heralding a milestone in the control of the disease – the introduction of the second ever WHO recommended vaccine for malaria […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.5
“In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger. Starving food systems of investment means, quite literally, starving people.” UN Secretary General António Guterres’ words, opening the UN Food Systems Summit. In September 2015 the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were adopted and December 2015 saw the […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.4
At a time when many parts of Europe and North America are “boiling” or burning, other parts of the world are submerged under water and the Atlantic to the west of Ireland is suffering a Marine Heatwave classified by NOAA as Category 5 (‘Beyond Extreme’) with sea surface temperatures as high as 4-5°C above average, […]
