https://apppc.org/index.php/ en https://apppc.org/index.php/node/2860642 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Technical guidance on desert locust</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publicationdate field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publication date</div> <div class="field__item">30 May 2022</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/index.php/user/2121" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">prapin.lalitpat</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 05/30/2022 - 12:25</span> <div class="field field--name-field-short-description field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Historically, locusts have plagued agrifood production in many parts of northern Africa, the Near East, and South Asia, routinely leading to widespread famine, social upheaval and loss of rural livelihoods. Though the desert locust poses a serious threat to food and nutrition security in many countries, there are also several other voracious locust species threatening agriculture in Asia. Weather anomalies, such as a heavy rain after a prolonged drought, create favourable breeding conditions, and plagues of locusts can rapidly propagate across agricultural landscapes without regard for national boundaries. Billions of locusts disperse in swarms, covering hundreds of kilometres in days, voraciously feeding on all standing vegetation in farmland and natural habitats. These transboundary pests have a protracted negative impact on agrifood supply chains and they compromise the availability of fodder and livestock production, derailing rural economic activities. In their desperation to deal with such locust outbreaks, farmers often resort to using broad-scale (aerial) applications of chemical pesticides, which negatively<br /> impact human and animal health while also harming the environment. <br /> <br /> The technical guidance on sustainable desert locust management for 2022 to 2026 respond to this crisis. The guidance provide a path towards regionally coordinated efforts to manage the desert locust, to advance monitoring and earlywarning activities, and to promote pest control practices (e.g. biopesticides) that protect human and animal health as well as the environmental. This approach will minimize the impact of the desert locust on Asian food and livelihood security while simultaneously advance pest management strategies that safeguard the environment.<br /> <br /> The guidance contribute toward bridging the gap between “know-how” and “do-how” approaches in the plant protection programmes and policies of various Asia-Pacific countries.<br /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-new-file field--type-file field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Files</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <script> function toggle_visibility_down(id) { var e = document.getElementById(id); if(e.style.display == 'block') e.style.display = 'none'; else e.style.display = 'block'; } </script> <span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"> <a href="http://assets.apppc.fao.org.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/public/2022-05/FAOpublication-TechnicalGuidanceOnDesertLocust.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1813791" title="FAOpublication-TechnicalGuidanceOnDesertLocust.pdf">FAOpublication-TechnicalGuidanceOnDesertLocust.pdf</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Link</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.fao.org/3/cc0147en/cc0147en.pdf">Technical guidance on desert locust</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-editor field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author(s)/editor(s)</div> <div class="field__item">FAO</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Issue keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1018" hreflang="en">Integrated Pest Management/IPM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-for-more field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact for more information</div> <div class="field__item">Yubak GC<br /> Executive Secretary<br /> APPPC Secretariat<br /> Email address: [email protected]</div> </div> Mon, 30 May 2022 10:25:50 +0000 prapin.lalitpat 2860642 at https://apppc.org https://apppc.org/index.php/node/2860641 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Technical guidance on fall armyworm</span> <div class="field field--name-field-publicationdate field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publication date</div> <div class="field__item">30 May 2022</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/index.php/user/2121" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">prapin.lalitpat</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Mon, 05/30/2022 - 11:47</span> <div class="field field--name-field-short-description field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Since 2018, Asian maize production has been crippled by a highly mobile, voracious insect pest, the fall armyworm (FAW). Since it arrived in Asia, FAW has lowered maize yields, diminished farmer profits and triggered an increase in pesticide use. As such, FAW is having serious negative socio-environmental impacts and is compromising food and nutrition security at the regional level. The current over-reliance on chemical crop protection equally affects biodiversity and ecosystem services, undermines the resilience of agrifood production, aggravates water pollution, and threatens human, animal and environmental health.<br /> <br /> In response to this situation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the united Nations (FAO) has prepared this technical guidance on early warning systems (EWS) and sustainable management of the fall armyworm for 2022–2026.<br /> <br /> The guidance aim to attain a regionally coordinated management of FAW and to promote crop protection practices that protect human and environmental health. By doing so, FAO intends to support the restoration of maize yields, lift farmer incomes, safeguard food and nutrition security while alleviating the “One Health” burden of agrochemical use. This work emphasizes how an Asia-regional approach is highly appropriate to resolve FAW issues and is crucial to advance the uptake of good agricultural practices and IPM.<br /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Link</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.fao.org/3/cc0227en/cc0227en.pdf">Technical guidance on fall armyworm</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-editor field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author(s)/editor(s)</div> <div class="field__item">FAO</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Issue keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1018" hreflang="en">Integrated Pest Management/IPM</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-for-more field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact for more information</div> <div class="field__item">Yubak GC<br /> Executive Secretary<br /> APPPC Secretariat<br /> Email address: [email protected]</div> </div> Mon, 30 May 2022 09:47:14 +0000 prapin.lalitpat 2860641 at https://apppc.org