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  • Title of document: Regional Training on IPM for Fruit Flies / Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management of Fruit Flies in South and Southeast Asia

    Author: Prabhat Kumar, Alma Linda Abubakar, Jan Willem Ketelaar and Vijaysegaran Shanmugam

    Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand; FAO Asia IPM Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO-RAP, Bangkok, Thailand; FAO Consultant, Fruit Fly IPM Expert (formally with University of Griffith, Australia)

    Year of publication: 2011

    Geographic focus: South and South East Asia

    School of agroecology: Integrated Pest Management

    A Regional Training on IPM for Fruit Flies under the auspices of the project “Area-wide Fruit fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia” was organized at the Southern Horticultural Research Institute, Tien Giang in Vietnam from 07 - 14 December 2010. Attendees (some 35 persons) included resource persons, country representatives from project implementation countries and other countries in South and SE Asia, representatives from partner institutes (FAO, BCRL India) and personnel from the host institute SOFRI and PPD of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam.

    The overall objective of the training was to provide participants with information, education and hands-on experiences on fruit fly IPM to prepare them to assist farming communities in developing location-specific and effective area-wide strategies for sustainable fruit fly management. The training course sessions were divided into learning blocks on: (1) Fruit Fly Species Diagnosis, Biology and Ecology; (2) Damage Symptoms Recognition and Assessment; (3) Management Options for Fruit Fly; (4) Design of Area-wide Best-bet Management Strategies for Fruit Fly; and (5) Training Curriculum and Materials Development.