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Best Sustainable Development Practices on Food Security - Expo Milano 2015
The FAO/IAEA project "Eradication of the tsetse fly Glossina palpalis gambiensis from the Niayes in Senegal" was among 18 selected for "Best Sustainable Development Practices on Food Security" by an International Selection Committee from among 749 proposals admitted to the final evaluation process for Expo Milano 2015.
Four in One – New Discovery on Pest Fruit Flies
Four of the world's most destructive agricultural pests are actually one and the same fruit fly, according to the results of a global research effort released today. The discovery should lead to the easing of certain international trade restrictions and also aid efforts to combat the ability of these harmful insects to reproduce, experts said.
X-Rays Can Be Used to Sterilize Mosquitoes
Since the 1950s, scientists have used radiation to sterilize insects, which are then released into the wild to mate, but no offspring are produced. Known as the sterile insect technique (SIT), this insect-control method has traditionally relied on gamma rays to sterilize the insects.
The FAO/IAEA Tutorial DVD on Using Open Source GIS Techniques in Insect Pest Control Programmes
Area-wide insect pest control programmes rely on updated geospatial data for efficiently conducting and evaluating baseline data surveys and progress monitoring. Soft- and hardware available as geographic information system (GIS) packages are applied to analyse and understand these data for planning and implementing optimized pest intervention strategies.
Eradicating Flies to Improve Lives - IAEA Helps Countries in Africa to Combat Tsetse Fly
The IAEA, through its Joint Division with the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization and its Technical Cooperation programme, supports 14 African countries in their efforts to combat the tsetse fly using the Sterile Insect Technique. One of these countries is Ethiopia.
Better Fruit for Neretva Valley
Farmers in Croatia are using nuclear technology to tackle the Mediterranean fruit fly, a common pest that poses a serious threat to the country's lucrative fruit industry.
Medfly Eradication: What to Expect
This video provides information on what residents and businesses should expect during a Mediterranean fruit fly eradication program in Florida.
Olive Fly: Nuclear Technology to Protect an Ancient Fruit
It is estimated that the cultivation of olives dates back over 7 000 years. Homer wrote about them in his Odyssey, Hippocrates praised olive oil for its medicinal purposes and olive tree leaves were found in the tomb of Tutankhamen.
Science, Sex, Superflies
In Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Guatemala and the United States, the battle of the sexes is a profitable affair.
The Middle East’s Fruitful Valley - Israel
Bell peppers are grown inside enormous greenhouses that dot the Israeli side of the Arava Valley desert. A joint pest-control programme with neighbours Jordan and the Palestinian Authority has crippled the region's Medfly population and reduced farmers' reliance on insecticides.
The Middle East’s Fruitful Valley
Against the odds, Israel, Jordan & the Palestinian Authority set up "No-Fly" Zones of a peaceful kind. Using a little-known nuclear technology farmers are protecting millions of dollars in harvests from the destructive Mediterranean fruit fly.
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