Tag: Company Profile
International Pest Control – September/October 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.5
The Human Genome Project took 13 years from launch to completion and cost an estimated $2.7 billion. Now, using massively parallel sequencing, the task can be completed in just hours: my friendly AI says the record is 7.5 hours although more normally it takes weeks. Now gene sequencing is used in all parts of our […]
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 – May/June 2022 – Vol 64, Nr.3
The 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 “apocalyptic” the area of greatest concern is surely the cost of staple foods in the less […]
International Pest Control – May/June 2020 – Vol 62, Nr3
In the middle of any crisis many people reach for a cup of tea. And while we were all locked down the FAO marked the first International Tea Day – virtually. Tea is a product used by millions and its production touches many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals including the fight against extreme poverty, […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2020 – Vol 62, Nr.1
Click Cover to read/download complete issue In case you had missed it 2020 is the “International Year of Plant Health” an FAO project aimed at raising awareness of how “protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development”. Our first article focuses on wheat, one of the key […]
International Pest Control – May/June 2019 – Vol 61, Nr.3
Creating refuges for wildlife around fields is not uncommon in the UK and around the world but for these strips to be of value they need a diversity of plant species growing in them. Apparently, they are all too often overrun by the “wrong type” of weed and especially less beneficial grasses. The glyphosate story […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2019 – Vol 61, Nr.2
We don’t get many articles on animal health so it’s good to start this issue with news of an infectious diseases surveillance program in sub-Saharan Africa which aims to build a database of animal parasites covering six countries. Tea plantations are the subject of a project to spread sustainable pest control without the need for […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2017 – Vol 59, Nr.4
Innovations in vector management are like the proverbial London bus. You wait for ages for one to come along and then three appear all at once. Or so it seems, as we were compiling this issue and almost simultaneously received details from three of the major players in this market, BASF, Bayer and Sumitomo, who […]
