By:
Sam Sekyembe, Crossland Management Consultants
Gustav Maurer, GGB Project Advisor
James Gatimu, GGB Project Manager
Jasper Nkanya, Crop Post-Harvest Management Branch
Sarah Injairu, Crop Post-Harvest Management Branch
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Greater Grain Borer Project
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Development & Marketing Crop Post-Harvest Management Branch
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Duration of course for each category of target group
Session 1 - Introduction and leveling of expectations of participants
Hand-out 1 - Common crop insect pests
Session 2 - Identification of the greater grain borer (GGB)
Session 3 - The ecology and life-cycle of the GGB
Hand-out 2 - The life cycle of the GGB
Session 4 - The current spread of the GGB
Hand-out 3 - Brief notes on the spread of the GGB
Hand-out 4 - The world spread of the GGB
Hand-out 5 - The spread of the GGB in Africa
Session 5 - Losses caused by the GGB
Hand-out 6 - The main agents which cause financial losses to grain farmers and traders
Hand-out 7 - Selected copies of photographs of losses on farms in Taweta district.
Session 6 - Biological control of the GGB
Hand-out 8 - Biological control of the GGB
Session 7 - Pheromone traps for the GGB
Hand-out 9 - Pheromone traps for the GGB
Session 9 - Control of the spread of the GGB through improved maize
Hand-out 11 - Control of the spread of the GGB through improved maize-drying practices
Session 10 - Control of the GGB through chemical treatment of shelled maize
Hand-out 12 - Control of the GGB by chemical means
Hand out 13 - Appropriate produce storage structures and systems
Session 12 - Control of the spread of the GGB through effective
Hand-out 14 - Produce stores management
Session 13 - Quarantine measures to control the spread of the GGB
Hand-out 15 - Quarantine for maize
Session 14 - Monitoring and enforcement of the measures to control the spread of the GGB