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Collection of Entomological Baseline Data for Tsetse Area-wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes

FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines 1

Year of publication 2009

Pages 215

Author Leak, S.G.A.; Ejigu, D.; Vreysen, M.J.B.;Animal Production and Health Division

Publisher Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture Vienna, Austria ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines

Series number 1810-0708

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) entails the integration of different control tactics against an entire pest population within a circumscribed area, while given adequate attention to human health and the environment. For most insect pests including tsetse, AW-IPM results in more sustainable pest control and the concept has gained significantly in importance in the last decade. Most of AW-IPM programmes are management intensive and technically complex, requiring an in-d epth knowledge of the ecology and population dynamics of the target insect. Before embarking on a tsetse AW-IPM control programme a detailed entomological baseline data survey needs to be implemented to collect essential data on tsetse species present in the target area, their distribution, and seasonal and spatial dynamics of the population. Especially when the target area is large, the surveys need to be conducted in carefully selected sites that are representative for larger areas . These guidelines provide, aside from some basic information on the biology of tsetse flies, guidance on the development and implementation of an entomological survey to collect essential baseline data using modern spatial tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), satellite imagery, remote sensing, land use land cover maps, the Global Position System, etc. The document also provides guidance on the use of a specifically designed database for tsetse entomological surveys in the context of an AW-IPM programme.

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