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ProjectUrgent Action for Capacity Building to Control Desert Locust Infestation in The Islamic Republic of Iran - TCP/IRA/3801 2024
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No results found.On 26 January 2019, almost a week after the Plant Protection Office (PPO) received the 21 January 2019 warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in South-West Asia (SWAC), Desert Locust swarms arrived in the Nakhilou district in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s province of Hormozgan. The PPO took immediate action, establishing a Desert Locust central headquarters, and, sending out warning messages to seven provinces that were also at risk of being infested by the swarm. All existing capacity at the provincial level, including managers, PPO experts and the Control Network staff, numbering nearly 500 people, was used to keep track of the swarm and monitor entrance points, existent egg-laying zones and existent mature locust-infested districts. Supplementing these efforts, 40 Ultra Low Volume (ULV) truck-mounted sprayers, 150 offroad vehicles and 30 000 litres of deltamethrin and malathion were used to eradicate locust populations in the first phase of their invasion. Additionally, ten plane-mounted pesticide sprayers from the Special Services Company saw use in the seven affected provinces. By the end of the 2019 infestation, PPO had treated more than 760 000 hectares of land across nine provinces in order to control the Desert Locust outbreak and mitigate its impact on food security. By the end of that year, two additional provinces had been affected. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetCapacity building toward sustainable intensification of oilseed crops in the Islamic Republic of Iran
To enhance national food security through vulnerability reduction concerning vegetable oil
2021Also available in:
No results found.The Islamic Republic of Iran imports approximately 95 percent of its vegetable oil and protein cake, making it highly vulnerable to trade barriers and disruptions. Taking this into account, the country has prioritised an increase of oilseed crops production to reduce the current import levels. Besides providing a nutritious component of the human diet, oilseed crops production also supplies precious by-products including protein concentrates that are of critical importance as livestock feed for poultry, dairy, lamb, beef, fish, etc. These by-products are in high demand, and their importation is expensive. The country has taken steps to revitalise its national efforts on oilseed crops, focusing particularly on soybean, as an attractive rotational crop that has not only a relatively higher yield but could also add sustainability and resilience to irrigated wheat systems. At the request of the Islamic Republic of Iran, FAO is implementing a Technical Cooperation Programme to assist the Country in building capacity to harness innovations in sustainable oilseed crop production and integrate new technologies and conservation agriculture approaches into cereal-based systems in the country. -
Poster, bannerDesert locust ground control using portable ULV equipment
Principles of ULV application
2020Also available in:
No results found.This poster is a brief manual for operationalizing desert locust control portable ULV spraying equipment and it provides basic information on the utilization and maintenance of these tools.
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