Special features
Advances in flying insect control improve food safety
The European horse meat scandal dominated food safety headlines in 2013. How the supply chain became contaminated is still a topic for debate and the controversy will no doubt rage on in boardrooms around the world. In the wider context of legislation, the Food Safety Modernisation Act introduced by the FDA in 2011 is impacting […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 4 Final – Beyond Agriculture – an increasing market in China
What is Beyond Agriculture? Beyond Agriculture is the phrase used in China and increasingly worldwide to describe the markets known by many as “Non Crop Markets”. The global market for pesticide products Beyond Agriculture is already valued at US$ 25 billion and currently growing at a faster rate than crop protection. China is one of […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 3 – Looking to the future in pest management
Welcome to the fastest growing pest management market on the planet! This could easily have been the wording on the sign hanging over the registration area for the 2012 Chinese National Pest Management Congress held in Nanjing China in late March. Over 500 delegates attended, included Chinese service companies, suppliers, academics and key people from […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 2 – Rob Fryatt interviews – Huang Xiao Yun of the Chinese Pest Control Association.
You may well be reading this edition as FAOPMA holds its Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Convention Centre in Adelaide, Australia. One important and influential lady who will be attending will be Ms Huang (Huang Xiao Yun) the Deputy Director of the Chinese Pest Control Association. Since the CACARSI (Chinese Association for the Control […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 1 – a special perspective
China means different things to different people. Maybe the spectacle of the Olympic ceremonies or perhaps the economy now known as The World’s Factory. Many International Pest Control subscribers and readers may have already visited the country that will become the world’s largest economy sometime during the next decade, but for many more in our […]
MI-Dengue: A novel tool for dengue vector monitoring in Brazil
Recent estimates predict over 300 million cases of dengue fever occur every year, transmitted by the Aedes sp. mosquito vector. The disease causes high fevers, headaches, muscle pain, and a characteristic rash. In severe cases, the disease can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding and blood plasma leakage, and even death. Brazil is […]
40 years of rat control in Budapest: The importance of sewer treatments for effective rat control in urban areas
Rats proliferating in urban areas may spread infectious diseases, cause considerable economical damages or through the reaction they provoke, may annoy inhabitants; therefore, their control is indispensable. The question remains: where exactly should control be carried out to obtain appropriate results? ‘Deratization’* of Budapest city Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, is the only metropolis […]
Quality control for stored coffee and cocoa
Many commodities are harvested, stored and sold as seed but coffee and cocoa are unique in the nature of on-farm primary processing and the condition of the commodities produced. The sequential steps in on-farm processing for coffee (wet or dry processing) and cocoa (fermentation and drying) are essential for the manufacture of high quality coffee […]
