INSECT PEST CONTROL SUBPROGRAMME

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INSECT PEST CONTROLSUBPROGRAMME
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INSECT PEST CONTROL SUBPROGRAMME

• Objectives to help Member States
• reduce the use of insecticides
• reduce animal and crop losses
• facilitate international trade in agricultural
  commodities
• protect biodiversity and the environment

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Mexico... Current risk mitigation options used
Avocado
Guava
PFA
Mango
PFA
SIT
SIT
Citrus
PFA
SIT
Irradiation
SIT
Syst. App.
HWT
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Multi-institutional approach to create fruit
fly-low prevalence and fly-free areas in Central
America to export fresh fruit and vegetables
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Central America... features
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Target fruit fly species
Medfly
Mexican fruit fly
West Indian fruit fly
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Objective... boosting the exports of fresh fruit
and vegetables

• Exported with no limitations
• Banana
• Pineapple

• Exported with post-harvest treatment
• Mango
• Papaya

Expected exports -Tomato -Pepper -Pitaya -Citrus

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Multi-stakeholder approach

• IAEA-TC
• FAO-TC
• USDA
• SAGARPA
• OIRSA
• IICA
• USAID

• MoA
• Industry

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Critical pathway
Exports
Bilateral agreements (Protocols) for exporting
International certification/validation by the
importing country
Developing national standards Declaration
Developing regional Standard Operational
Procedures
Surveillance and control (AW-IPM/SIT)
Selection of target areas for PFA/ALPP
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Strategy

• Select the target areas in each country
• Feasibility and economic studies for each
  selected area
• Study of the NPPO system to manage sustainable
  projects
• Establishing a Regional Coordination Group and
  National Fruit
• Fly Programmes
• Identify and promote involvement of key industry
  groups
• Training on AW-IPM/SIT (Surveillance, control,
  data-bases,
• mass rearing and sterile fly releases)

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Guatemala... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Medfly free
Low prevalence
All fruit fly free
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Belize... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Low prevalence
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Nicaragua... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Medfly free
Low prevalence
All fruit fly free
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Panama... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Medfly free
All fruit fly free
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El Salvador... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Low prevalence
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Honduras... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Low prevalence
All fruit fly free
Medfly free
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Costa Rica... Outcomes and ongoing actions
Medfly free
Low prevalence
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Current fruit fly low prevalence and free areas
Medfly free
Low prevalence
All fruit fly free
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Recommendation
Propose to the IAEA-TC a Regional Fruit Fly
Project for West Africa for the cycle 2012 - 2013
focused in capacity building to complement to the
current initiative.
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