Company Profile…Aldef Global: Revolutionising the pest control industry with innovation and expertise
Aldef Global, founded by Ana Francisco in 2013, has rapidly emerged as a leader in the pest control industry, combining decades of experience, industry expertise, and a deep commitment to innovation. With its roots in Ana’s early years working at Plastdiversity, a company founded by her parents, Aldef Global has grown from a small distribution […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.6
Controlling a plant virus rarely jeopardises up to 500 jobs but in South Australia the state government has quarantined greenhouse crops infected with tomato brown rugose virus (ToBRV) and ordered crop destruction and disinfection. Meanwhile, in the USA the focus is on spreading the lessons learnt from a decade of funding the Tomato Organic Management […]
Introducing Natural Products BioHUB, Swansea University
Natural Products BioHUB, a Swansea University-led collaboration with Swansea City Council is at the forefront of accelerating the green economy through collaboration and fast tracking of innovative research into new products, services and businesses. The NP BioHUB is funded by the UK Government Levelling Up Fund through Swansea City Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Open Fund […]
Jackie Wales – Assistant Editor
Jackie Wales, after studying Environmental Biology at York and Applied Entomology at Imperial College Jackie began her career as a London borough technical officer, getting involved in contaminated land investigation before spending nearly 20 years as an environmental consultant rising to project team manager, developing proof-reading and sub-editing skills along the way. She has undertaken […]
Fabio Castello – Technical Consultant
Fabio Castello, a biologist who now trains managers in pest control strategies and integrated pest management as applied to vector control programs including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, Mayaro, filariasis, West Nile virus, malaria, leptospirosis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and onchocerciasis. Over 14 years of experience in running and managing a private pest control business and three […]
Partho Dhang – Technical Consultant
Partho Dhang, earned his Ph.D. from university of Madras in India. He is a zoologist, entomologist consultant, author and entrepreneur. He is a prolific writer in scientific world and also a regular speaker in international conferences around the world. He has written and edited four books with CABI. He also serves as an adjudicator for […]
Dr Terry Mabbett – Technical Consultant
Dr Terry Mabbett is a pest, disease and weed control specialist with forty years of international experience covering research, consultancy and journalism in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, amenity, livestock and public health. His current areas of particular interest are the protection of tropical tree crops and exotic insect pests and plant pathogens of Britain’s native, naturalised […]
Graham Matthews DSc., FSB., FRES. – Technical Consultant
Graham Matthews DSc., FSB., FRES. began his career in Africa working on cotton pest management before joining Imperial College. Research and teaching pesticide application at Imperial and overseas has been interspersed with consultancies for international organisations, such as the World Bank. Author of several books, he was formerly an editor of Crop Protection. Retired […]
