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International Pest Control – March/April 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.2
Firstly, an apology for the late arrival of this issue – I’m afraid being Editor is not a full-time role and year end – March – is always a very busy period for the day job! I hope none of you were holding your breath for this issue. It seems that every issue is permeated […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2025 – Vol 67, Nr.1
Preserving harvested crops and ensuring the best price goes to the farmer is critical to feeding the world’s population. In Kenya the focus is on reducing crop loss of up to 40% by introducing affordable and community operated cold chain facilities. In Australia grain and vegetable growers are joining forces to invest nearly $25 million […]
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 […]
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 […]
