International Pest Control – March/April 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.2
With fewer pesticides available – either because they have been withdrawn or banned or because of pest resistance – a new approach based on targeting genes may be both selective and a way of avoiding the build-up of resistance, but we are still a long way from the field! We look at research to silence […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.1
We seem to lurch from one food crisis to another and we report on the plea from Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s IFAD for real investment in the worlds’ small scale farmers who produce one third of the world’s food with just 2% of global finance. Twitter is being used to track pests, but […]
Effects of Intensive Agriculture on Soil Properties Through Loss of Soil Organic Matter
Harry A Edwards Abstract: With population numbers increasing and climate change on the horizon, our soil resources are becoming ever more valuable. It is critical more people understand this finite resource and our impact on it as global agriculture inevitably becomes more intensified and productive. The following poster aims to introduce how a loss of […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2022 – Vol 64, Nr.6
Climate Change is very much on the agenda as I write this with COP27 in progress and everyone pessimistic about the outcome – I hope they are wrong! The global food system is responsible for between 21% and 37% of global emissions. In Europe it is only 10% of total emissions but a significant proportion […]
Company Profile…IGEBA celebrates 40 years
A company tour, technical discussions and the presentation of a prototype: IGEBA from Germany celebrated its strong values at its 40th company anniversary that went to the heart of all those attending – and will certainly stay in people’s minds for a while. There were goose bumps in the ballroom in front of the mountain […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2022 – Vol 64, Nr.5
The death of Our Queen – or The Queen as President Macron so eloquently put it – is one of those rare events that you remember by where you were when you heard the news. Its finality provides a moment to reflect – on the nature of integrity, honesty, service, sacrifice, competence, and leadership. Like […]
Coping with dead rodent odours
Pest Control Professionals (PCPs) are often confronted with horrible odours from dead rodents. The death could have been natural, from the use of a rodenticide, or from a trap that struck the rodent, did not capture it, but was fatal. If the technician is lucky, they can find and remove the dead carcass. If the […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2022 – 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 […]
