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Zika Crisis - The IAEA Responds
The IAEA is providing nuclear-related technology to countries affected by the Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Nuclear Techniques Keep Insects at Bay in Croatia’s Neretva Valley
Nuclear Techniques Keep Insects at Bay in Croatia’s Neretva Valley
Using Nuclear Science to Control Pests
For over 50 years, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successfully used around the world to tackle pests that destroy fruit and kill livestock.
Preventing Procreation: The IAEA's Research for Mosquito Control
Mosquitoes are one of the world's most dangerous pests. These carriers of diseases such as dengue and malaria wreak havoc over large parts of the world, causing sickness and death. In the future they could be tackled through the use of a nuclear technique.
With IAEA Support, Sudan is Suppressing Mosquito Populations
Malaria represents an important public health issue in Sudan - among hospitals and health clinics in the country's northernmost regions, malaria is among the most commonly diagnosed and treated diseases.
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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