Inception & Planning Workshop Report Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management of Fruit Flies in South and Southeast Asia
Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120, THAILAND
http://ipm.ait.asia
Inception & Planning Workshop Report: Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project
01-03 September 2010 AIT Conference Center AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Inception and Planning Workshop Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management of Fruit flies in South and Southeast Asian Countries
Participating Agencies from Mekong River Basin Countries:
Project Partners:
Supported by:
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About the project
“Area-wide Fruit Fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia” is a regional project funded by Taiwan ICDF and supported by Global Horticulture Initiative (http://www.globalhort.org/) with a focus on adaptation and adoption of fruit fly IPM practices among vegetable and fruit smallholder using Farmer’s Field School (FFS) in the Mekong river basin countries. While the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT; www.ait.asia); Bio-Control Research Laboratory (BCRL; http://www.pcilindia.com/bcrl.html), Bangalore, India, and the FAO Regional IPM Programme (http://www.vegetableipmasia.org/) are the collaborating project partners, the project is implemented by the National IPM Programme in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam; Department of Agriculture Extension (DoAE) Thailand, and ministry of agriculture and irrigation (MAI) in Myanmar. The project is intended to test, promote and socialize among smallholder farmers a range of novel IPM options for fruit fly management within the context of ongoing IPM farmer training and action research programmes in the Mekong basin countries.
Contact
The regional office of the project is housed in its host institute Room # 207, AFE Bld. AIT, Bangkok, Thailand. Further information on project could be obtained from the following contact:
Prabhat Kumar, Dr.rer.hort. Project Coordinator / IPM Expert Agriculture Systems and Engineering School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120, THAILAND
Phone : + 66-2-524-5477 Fax : +66-2-524-6200 Email : [email protected] or [email protected] Project website : http://ipm.ait.asia
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Table of Contents
About the project ...... 3 Contact ...... 3 Abbreviations ...... 6 Summary ...... 7 1. Background ...... 8 2. Aims and objectives ...... 9 3. Workshop Schedule ...... 10 4. Opening Session ...... 11 5. Session 1: Fruit flies in Asia ...... 13 6. Session 2: Status of fruit fly management in MRBC ...... 18 6.1 Fruit flies in Thailand ...... 19 6.2 Fruit flies in Cambodia ...... 20 6.3 Fruit flies in Lao PDR ...... 21 6.4 Fruit flies in Myanmar ...... 22 6.5 Fruit flies in Vietnam ...... 23 6.6. Novel options for fruit fly management (BCRL, India) ...... 24 6.7 Fruit flies in Mekong river basin countries (summary of session 2) ...... 25 7. Session 3: Fruit flies management strategies in MRBC ...... 26 7.1. Work Plan for FF IPM in Thailand...... 28 7.2. Work plan for FF IPM in Cambodia ...... 29 7.3. Work plan for FF IPM in Lao PDR ...... 30 7.4. Work Plan for FF IPM in Myanmar ...... 31 7.5. Work plan for FF IPM in Vietnam ...... 32 7.6. Summary of regional FF IPM project planning...... 34 7.6.1. Planning Process ...... 34 7.6.2. Follow-up trainings needs ...... 35
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8. Field Trip Report ...... 36 8.1. Feedback session on field trip from participants ...... 37 8.1.1. Site I: Fruit Fly suppressions programme Samut Sakhon Province ...... 37 8.1.2. Site II: SWIFT’s Export Packing House, Nakhon Pathom ...... 40 8.1.3. Site III: Screening for Chili-pepper germplasm against Malaysian Fruit fly (B. latifrons) ... 42 Annexes ...... 43 Annex 1: List of Participants ...... 44 Annex 2: Inception Workshop Schedule ...... 48 Annex 3: Work Plan for FF IPM in Thailand ...... 50 Annex 4: Work Plan for FF IPM in Cambodia ...... 52 Annex 5: Work Plan for FF IPM in Lao PDR ...... 54 Annex 6: Work Plan for FF IPM in Myanmar ...... 56 Annex 7: Log-frame (draft) of the Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project ...... 57
Workshop information on internet:
Further information on the inception workshop including presentations could be
downloaded from the project’s website:
http://ipm.ait.asia/inception/index.htm
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Abbreviations
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research AIT Asian Institute of Technology ASE Agricultural Systems and Engineering AW-IPM Area-wide Integrated Pest Management BAT Bait Application Technique BCRL Bio-Control Research Laboratory, Bangalore India CABI Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FFS Farmer’s Field School FoS Field of study GHI Global Horticulture Initiative GMS Greater Mekong Sub region IPM Integrated Pest Management IS Invasive Species MAT Male Annihilation Technique ME Methyl Eugenol (4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene) MRBC Mekong River Basin Countries PB Protein Bait TOT Training of Trainers
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Summary
An inception & planning workshop of the project “Area-wide Fruit fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia” was organized at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok from 31 August – 4 September 2010, culminating a first 3-months inception & planning period. Attendees included resource persons, country representatives from project implementation countries, representatives from partner institutes (FAO, BCRL India) and personnel from the host institute AIT, Bangkok.
Background information on fruit flies in Asia, emerging issues of invasive pests along with the management experiences from other parts of the world was presented and discussed in plenary sessions. In follow-up sessions, country presentations were made and status and experiences on fruit flies were discussed and exchanged. Using this information and that derived from an illuminating presentation on the development of an area-wide fruit fly IPM programme in Hawaii, a draft work plan for each of the participating countries was developed, presented and critiqued on during the 2ND day of the workshop. It is expected that the each country team would further refine the work plans and formulate log-frames and include a short country strategy paper outlining the proposed fruit fly IPM intervention in each of the project countries.
From various presentations and discussions, it was evident that fruit fly management has not been adequately addressed in the Mekong River Basin countries so far. This project provides a good opportunity to begin working on assembling simple and effective management tools into a comprehensive and area-wide fruit fly IPM strategy. As part of action research programme such location specific IPM strategies will be developed which could be later used to educate farmers using existing and further to be developed FFS platforms by the respective national IPM programmes network. Inclusion of Myanmar in this regional project would strengthen their capacity to work on ongoing mango fruit fly management and further help to strengthen regional collaboration on fruit fly management. In addition, the lack of technical expertise on various aspects of fruit flies in some countries and lack of familiarity with the latest trapping technologies was identified as important development and capacity building areas to be addressed by this project. This would partly be done through a regional training in coming months prior to in-country project implementation.
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1. Background
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), in collaboration with the Bio-Control Research Laboratory (BCRL), Bangalore, India, the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation’s (FAO) Regional IPM Programme and associated National IPM Programme in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, was awarded a regional Mekong river basin project “Area-wide Fruit Fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia” funded by ICDF (International Cooperation and Development Fund) and supported by the Global Horticulture Initiative (GHI). The project is intended to test, promote and socialize among smallholder farmers a range of novel IPM options for fruit fly management within the context of ongoing IPM farmer training and action research programmes in the Mekong basin countries.
The inception workshop culminated the planned inception and planning period (May-August 2010) and set the direction for project implementation. Attendees were the participants nominated by the respective ministries from the project implementation countries. In addition, upon request, Myanmar also attended this inception workshop to share and learn from this regional initiative. Further, a number of resource persons from various institutions engaged in the past and present fruit fly management efforts in Asia i.e. the ACIAR, University of Hawaii, CABI-SEA and representatives from the partners along with staff, faculties and students of the AIT also attended this workshop (see Annex 1 for list of participants). In close collaboration with the project partners, the workshop was organized at the AIT Conference Center, AIT in Bangkok, Thailand from 01-03 September 2010.
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2. Aims and objectives
The regional inception and planning workshop served the purpose of providing a platform for planning for this project and also a regional forum to learn and exchange information on fruit flies that are seriously undermining production and livelihood sustainability at smallholder farms in Asia with an emphasis on Mekong River Basin countries.
The specific objectives of this workshop were:
1. To share highlights of accomplishments and challenges of previous and ongoing research and development projects related to fruit fly management in the implementing countries and in the region; 2. To share experiences of innovative and latest management options for effective and safe fruit fly management and its adoption at farmers’ level; 3. To share the countries strategies highlighting area, season, crop, fruit fly species, plans for action research, TOTs, FFS and other trainings as per the agreed project work plans along with monitoring and evaluation plans and budget requirements; 4. To strengthen regional networking on matters concerning Fruit Fly IPM research and development as well as farmer/community education among nationals and partner organization representatives.
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3. Workshop Schedule
The workshop was organized in three (3) parts:
Part 1: The demonstration booth
The partner BCRL set-up a demonstration booth to display and share the latest range of fruit fly management products on 31ST. August 2010. The booth was set-up right inside the AIT Conference Center, where most of the participants were staying so as to allow them to visit it at any given point of time during their stay.
Part 2: The field visit
On 1ST. September, a field visit/study tour to pre-selected locations was organized to provide first-hand opportunity to the participants to learn from the various ongoing fruit fly management related work in host country Thailand. These included: Local government fruit fly Suppression Programme, Samut Sakhon province; Visit to a fresh product export company (SWIFT) and its vapor heat treatment plant in Nakhon Pathom province; Research center at Kassetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen campus, to learn about the hot-pepper germplasm screening programme for tolerance/resistance to Malaysian fruit fly.
Part 3: Plenary and planning sessions
On 2ND and 3RD September, the following 3 sessions were organized (see Annex 2 for schedule of the workshop) leading to the development of draft work plans:
Opening session Session 1: Plenary Session Session 2: Country Presentation Session 3: Work plan development
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4. Opening Session
The second day of the Inception Workshop on “Area-wide Integrated Pest Management of Fruit Flies in South and South East Asian Countries” was held at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in collaboration with FAO Asia-IPM Programme (FAO-IPM) and Biological Control Research Laboratory (BCRL), India, on 2nd September 2010.
The inaugural function was held between 9 am and 10.15 am in which, Prof. Joydeep Dutta, VPAA AIT made the opening remarks. Dr. Weerakorn Ongsukal, Dean of SERD AIT briefed participants about AIT’s long-standing research and action oriented programmes in the field of agriculture in general and plant protection in particular. The action oriented research initiatives undertaken by ASE field of study (FoS) were well appreciated. This was followed by a presentation on the project expectations from the donor’s perspective by Dr. Po-Pi Lee, Deputy Secretary General, ICDF and an overview from the Global Horticulture Initiative presented by Ms. Claudia Fichtner, GHI. The VPAA Prof. Joydeep Dutta also inaugurated a Beta version of project’s website (http://ipm.ait.asia), which is now available for comments and suggestions from the partners and collaborators before it will be made available to the public domain.
Dr. Po-Pi Lee first provided an overview of ICDF’s work, wherein he informed that his organization primarily supports international development in four core areas, i.e. technical cooperation, humanitarian assistance, lending and investment, and international education & training. He further added that many of ICDF’s development projects involve agricultural issues such as food security, agricultural information systems and the use of GIS/ RS technologies, production and marketing for agricultural enterprises and agribusiness, and improving the quality of produce to the point where farmers can access export markets (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Providing opportunities to Asian smallholder farmers to develop effective and environmentally sustainable strategies for management of fruit flies in order to produce profitable and healthy fruits and vegetables crops are important reasons for ICDF to support this project.
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He also stressed the need of regional integration and the role that regional projects can play in meeting such broad objectives in Asia. In his concluding remarks indicated and interest to ensure funding continuity for this effort beyond the current 2-year phase of the project to meaningfully address the complex issue of fruit fly management and to better link farm produce to the local and international markets.
Ms. Claudia Fichtner of GHI began her presentation by providing an overview of GHI and its work in various parts of the world (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Ms. Fichtner added that GHI is promoting efforts to link various actors in the horticulture value chain through research, grants, networking, etc. Later during her presentation, she provided suggestions for this project on developing verifiable objectives, reporting, etc. Another area that she emphasized was gender equality and participation of women at all levels of the project implementation.
Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Coordinator of the project made a presentation introducing the project (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception) in which he provided a brief sketch of the research programme, its rationale, opportunities, activities, expected outcomes and the achievements since the inception of the project in March 2010. Further he also shared the remaining schedule of the workshop with participants.
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5. Session 1: Fruit flies in Asia
The purpose of the plenary session was to provide an overview and experiences on key components of the project i.e. past and present status of FFS and action research in MRBC (Mekong River Basin Countries); invasive pest species; background knowledge on life cycle ecology, biology and management experiences in Asian countries and to assist country teams in developing informed project plans for country interventions. The session was chaired by Dr. Banpot Napompeth and Dr. P. K. Viswanathan acted as reporteur. In total, there were 5 presentations scheduled for the session, of which, three were presented in the pre-lunch session and two were presented in the post-lunch session.
The first presentation of the session was made by Mr. Jan W. Ketelaar, Team Leader of the FAO-IPM Programme in Asia on the topic of ‘Community Education for Pesticide Risk Reduction in Greater Mekong Sub-region: An overview’ (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception) to set the scene and highlighting the importance of pesticide risk reduction education for Asian smallholder farmers using farmer’s field school, which is the main farmer education/extension tool envisioned in this project.
The presentation was interesting in other respects as well, as it gave an overview of the long-term engagement of the FAO in the area of IPM action research and farmer education during the last 3 decades. Drawing attention to the rapidly changing global agriculture scenario as induced by changes in demographic profiles, rapid urbanization and emergence of newer consumer demands, the presentation underscored the need to intensify food production and the challenge for countries to do so sustainably. Intensification of agricultural production involves major risks in terms of overuse of agro-chemicals (fertilizers and pesticides) causing environmental pollution and growing food safety concerns in the GMS context in particular. The IPM interventions by FAO in this context assist the Asian/GMS countries to achieve sustainable intensification of agriculture through pesticide risk reduction strategies. Major thrust of these programmes remains to strengthen national IPM Farmer Field School programmes to enable farmers to adopt IPM, reduce pesticide use and grow better yielding, safer and more profitable rice, fruits and vegetables.
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The second paper presented by Dr. Wai-Hong Loke, CABI SE Asia Office, Malaysia, was quite interrogative as it provided a detailed assessment of the CABI’s long engagement in research on some of Asia’s worst invasive species (IS) and their management challenges (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). The presentation traversed from the global and regional dimensions of emergence and growth of IS, economic and health related impacts, cost of control, management challenges in the specific context of climate change, and the need for evolving international cooperation in resolving the IS issues through the international trade and biodiversity conventions.
The management challenges posed by IS cut across various sectors needing concerted actions as the growth and spread of IS in the world has been spontaneous and rapid through pathways, aptly described by the author as ‘4 Ts’, viz., Trade, Travel, Transport and Tourism. The effect of climate change is the greatest challenge affecting the growth of IS, as climate change related problems will alter pest/ crop/ soil dynamics. It is also feared that more extreme climatic events will create opportunities for pest colonization and establishment. The paper also dealt in some detail about the economic and environmental consequences emerging from some detrimental IS, such as water hyacinth and golden apple snail. Addressing the problems caused by IS call for setting up of various goals and processes involving multi-agency/ stakeholder cooperation, collaboration and capacity building.
The discussion on the paper was pointed to a question (raised by Rui Pereira) regarding the legitimacy of preventive action: whether action towards addressing IS problems be taken by the country in which the IS originate or be taken by a country which imports a product infested by IS? The author remarked this to be a tricky issue as countries as a group have a collective responsibility to contain the IS. A clear example was cited by the author to this, which is the threat of South American Leaf Blight (SALB) which is a potential threat for natural rubber producing countries in the South and South East Asian region.
The third presentation by Dr. Paul Ferrar provided a clear and concise overview of the various economically important Fruit Fly species in Asia with special reference to their taxonomy, species, biology, life cycle and current management challenges (seehttp://ipm.ait.asia/inception).
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It also discussed the attractants and trapping methods and the damage caused by fruit flies mainly in terms of crop losses of significant proportions. Among the different management and control measures discussed, the prominent methods were: cover spraying, bagging of fruits, cultural control, protein bait spraying, etc. However, from the perspective of control of fruit fly menace, the cover spraying method has been reported to be inappropriate as it has several disadvantages in terms of: a) cost-ineffectiveness, b) labor and time intensity; c) damage caused to beneficial organisms and the environment; d) health impacts on the farmer/ worker who undertake spraying; and e) appearance of chemical residues in fruits.
The paper dealt at some length with the protein bait spraying method being propagated as an appropriate control method for fruit flies. This method has several advantages, which mainly include: cost effectiveness, health safety for the operator, negligible environmental impacts, protection of non-target organisms and no risk of pesticide residues. Compared to cover spraying and fruit bagging methods, the protein bait spraying has only two disadvantages: its labor intensity and repetition during the entire fruit cycle. The paper also discussed a case study conducted in Northern Vietnam where bait spraying was administered to control Bactrocera pyrifoliae in peaches. It has been reported that bait spraying was effective in reducing the crop losses to tolerable limits of below 5%. Surprisingly, it was also reported that, due to the effective control of the fruit flies, the children in the region had the benefit of seeing full-grown peaches for the first time! While concluding the presentation, Dr Ferrar underlined the importance of giving more attention to understand how the small farmer tries to grapple with the issue in his small plot of land which has several other problems as well.
During discussion, a point raised was: whether the bait spraying method is quite a feasible method for large orchards or not. The response to this question was in the affirmative. However, as a generalization, it may be observed that though bait spraying has several advantages, it requires further enquiry as regards to the comparative economics (benefits vs costs) of bait spraying method over or in combination with several other management methods.
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The paper did not have convincing evidences on this other aspect than some descriptions of the reduction in labour use, pesticide use, protection of beneficial organisms, etc. This could be an area of research as well. Further, a compiled paper on fruit flies in Asia providing details on major fruit fly IPM aspects was provided by Dr. Ferrar that can be seen/downloaded from the project’s website too (http://ipm.ait.asia/inception).
The fourth paper presented by Mr. Jothisiteganesh Shanmugasundaram, GIS Expert (engaged by the Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project) was a preliminary report of the GIS mapping of fruit flies in the four Mekong countries, viz. Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam based on preliminary data provided (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). The paper was quite important for the intervention planning for the entire project as it tries to use the GIS tools to understand the spatial and temporal distribution and magnitude of fruit fly infestations in the MRBC. In this regard, the presentation was entirely focused on presenting the provincial level data concerning the spatial spread of fruit flies in these countries and the severity of their occurrence classified in terms of: a) whether fruit fly problems are present or absent; b) if present whether the intensity is high, medium or low across the several provinces where IPM programmes have been implemented; c) crop area of individual fruits and vegetable; and d) estimated crop losses.
The discussions on the paper confined to the precautions to be taken while using the GIS mapping tool for the purpose. For instance, a delegate from Laos has raised some concerns as regards the exactness of the data being used in the preliminary assessment, which needs further verification before arriving at the conclusions. Some suggestions came from the floor to make the GIS mapping more convincing in terms of broadening the information coverage to include the scenarios of fruit fly infestation before and after IPM programmes. Similarly, it was pointed out to go further into the details of the extent and severity of fruit fly infestations beyond just identifying them as high/ medium or low. Additional suggestions came from Mr. Jan W. Ketelaar, FAO, who suggested including an additional layer i.e. whether the crop in question is grown for local consumption or for export to make these maps a good tool for area selection as planned in the project. This could be addressed to an extent if GIS mapping is done further down the provincial level, to understand the varying intensities at the district and sub-district levels.
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Finally, Prabhat Kumar added that the purpose of GIS mapping for this project is primarily for the purpose of area identification for project interventions. However, in future, with more interest from partners and collaborators follow-up work could be undertaken. He further informed the workshop that the completed maps will be available at the project’s website for general public use.
The final presentation of the plenary session was delivered by Dr. Rui Pereira of FAO/IAEA (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). The information shared by him was quite useful as it helped participants understand the efforts made by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency in the area of fruit fly management in collaboration with the FAO. It discussed the importance of an area- wide concept to be used for IPM for control of fruit flies. Accordingly, the approach gives thrust on entire population/ farm plot level instead of controlling it on a field by field basis, which results in continuous pest reinvasion. The advantage of this approach is that it uses a phased conditional approach involving four phases of action. These four phases include: a) Phase I: Baseline data collection and programme planning; b) Phase II: Improved monitoring and control; c) Phase III: Preparation of AW-IPM according to objectives; and d) Phase IV: Implementation of operational AW- IPM. The paper also highlighted the importance of clearly identifying the AW-IPM control options with respect to the market potential of fruit crops/ vegetables, which will result in better management outcomes in the current context of changing global trade scenario. As an important step in the integrated IPM approach, the paper considers the critical aspect of involvement of grower organizations as well as community participation.
Note: FAO/IAEA has been on the forefront of Sterile Male Technique (SIT) approach of fruit fly management through active collaboration with many countries worldwide including Thailand (see http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/tephritid-fruit-flies.html for more information).
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6. Session 2: Status of fruit fly management in MRBC
The aim of the second session was first to allow the country implementation agency to collect, compile, analyze and present the range of information on the fruit flies as baseline information for the project.
The second session was chaired by Mr. Jan Willem Ketelaar and Dr. S. K. Ghosh acted as reporteur. Out of six papers in the session, five (Thailand, Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar and Vietnam) shared the past experiences, current status and plans for the fruit fly IPM for smallholders vegetable and fruit growers. The sixth paper presented by BCRL reviewed the constraint faced in the current practice and how research done in the past ten years can be translated into commercial products of use.
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6.1 Fruit flies in Thailand
Ms. Watchreeporn Orankanok and Mr. Tharmnoon Boonkraisorn from Department of Agriculture Extension (DoAE) presented the country paper (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Thailand has a long-history of fruit fly management especially the use of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). First such effort began in 1982 by the Office of Atoms for Peace against the Oriental fruit fly (B. dorsalis) in Chiangmai province in Northern part of Thailand at pilot scale. Ms. Orankanok further reported that the level of infestation has reduced dramatically from the level of 54.7% in 1987 to mere 4% in the year 1997. In 2001, Thailand adopted the area-wide IPM concept for fruit fly management and in two provinces i.e. Pichit and Ratchaburi provinces. Area wide IPM activities was initiated in 2001 at Ratchaburi and Phichit to suppress mainly two species of fruit fly – B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae and successfully extended the technology by training and motivating the stake holders.
Further, she informed that a number of training for the extension workers and fruit growers have been organized using SIT in combination with the other methods of fruit fly control i.e. removal of secondary host, sanitation practices, MAT (male annihilation technique) , BAT (bait application technique) etc. On another note she informed that five species of fruit flies are common in Thailand and they include, B. correcta (Guava fruit fly); B. carambolae; B. curcubitae (Melon fly); B. umbrosa; and B. latifrons (Malaysian fruit fly).
The thrust for the future is to establish community plant pest management centers to enhance participation of the community in the IPM project which will support the scaling up of the project from pilot scale to national level by incorporating new technologies. A question was raised on the cost of SIT and also possibilities o fusing this technique for different species of fruit flies.
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6.2 Fruit flies in Cambodia
Mr. Chou Cheythyrith and Mr. Heng Chhun Hy of National IPM Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry presented the country paper of Cambodia (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Fruit fly management to date has not been addressed adequately. Only in recent years through FAO and CARE funded projects, Cambodia started working on fruit flies. A year-long FAO project, which concluded in 2009, some basic trainings on surveillance, quarantine, documenting host-species etc. has been addressed. The CARE-funded project is working on fruit flies management on mango production.
Fruit fly infestation in two provinces has been recorded at 80-100% by melon fly and 30% by oriental fly. Pesticides are currently the main stay of fruit fly management and some farmers use fruit bagging as means to protect fruits and vegetables. Some farmers reported to use the protein bait, bait station as well as spot application. Two fruit fly species, oriental fruit fly (B. dorsalis) and melon fly (B. cucurbitae) are the commonly known species. Apart from these species 6 more species have been recorded i.e. B. correcta, B.tau, B. caudate, Dacus logicornis, B. dorsalis complect, and B. tubercolata. Future activities were discussed which included conducting base line survey, development of curricula for the FFS etc. to sustain IPM on fruit flies. Need of guidance from fruit fly taxonomist was expressed.
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6.3 Fruit flies in Lao PDR
Mr. Tiangkham Vongsabouth, acting National IPM project Plant Protection Center, DOA, MAF Lao PDR and Mr. Thongsavanh Taipangnavong IPM expert, FAO-Lao PDR presented the country paper (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Until now only very limited work focusing on the species identification of the fruit flies has been carried out leaving significant task ahead to develop management strategies and capacity building. Most of the locally produced fruits and vegetable are primarily meant for the local market and some for export to the neighboring countries. Up to present, there is no information on the occurrence of fruit flies and estimates on yield losses due to fruit fly damage in the country. The Plant Protection Centre conducted surveys on the prevalence of fruit fly in some locality in Vientiane capital and till date 13 species were reported from different crops. B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae are common species reported from fruit crops and melons, respectively. Other reported species are, B. correcta. B. carambolas, B. scutellaris, B. caudta, B. tau, B. apicalis, B. verbascifoliae, B. albistrigata, B. nigrotibialis, B. cilifera, Dacus dorsalis and D. longicornis. Sanitization and wrapping of fruits with paper are the main management practices in addition to pesticide usage. Extension of bait technology, farmer's training through field schools and technical documentation was emphasized as future planning of the programme.
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6.4 Fruit flies in Myanmar
Dr. Khin Nyunt Yee and Mr. Soe Than from Myanmar Agriculture Service and Myanmar Mango Group respectively attended the workshop and made the country presentation (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). The core theme of presentation was focused on the increased production and export potential of mango from Myanmar to China. The mango production is facing threats from different fruit flies, mainly B. dorsalis and B. correcta. Some of the notable management practices for fruit fly are mulching, foliar spray with EM-5 and bagging of fruits. Efforts are made to demonstrate IPM by conducting training and a workshop on production and post - harvest handling of mango. Whereas fruit flies can be effectively managed with the above mentioned methods, the major present constraints in mango production include a lack of lucrative markets, good transport and packaging technologies.
Generation of baseline data, extension of BAIT trap and human resource training requires attention as future planning of the programme. The Myanmar delegation, which is involved in an IFAD/FAO funded project, is joining this regional initiative with support from other FAO extra budgetary project resources.
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6.5 Fruit flies in Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Van Hoa and Dr. Ho Van Chien from Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI), and Southern Plant Protection Center (SPPC) respectively, presented the country paper (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Fruit fly identification and management has been addressed through past several projects in Vietnam mainly with funding support from ACIAR. Having 7 different agro-climatic zone enriched with various fruits and vegetables, the year round cultivation has contributed to the buildup of fruit fly populations beyond control level. The nine fruit fly species of major economic importance in Vietnam are: Bactrocera (Bactrocera) carambolae, B. correcta, B. cucurbitae, B. dorsalis, B. tau, B. verbascifoliae and B. zonata. Host records have been established for 26 species of fruits and 16 species of vegetables of major economic importance and another 11 species of wild or medicinal plants in Vietnam. Several management options have been tried so far in Vietnam like, using of systemic insecticides, bagging of fruit at suitable stage, trapping with Methyl Eugenol (allyl-3,4- dimethyoxybenzene), protein bait (SOFRI Protein 10 DD and sanitation. Among them the spot application by protein bait laced with insecticides has been under the large scale application, which has reduced the infestation level from 50% to 4%. Further the presenters emphasized to implement this technology as team work to make it more effective using FFS. He also shared that Vietnam has in the past conducted some trainings to the extension officials and farmers too. Future thrust area identified was to improve the persistence, quality, production process and finally train the farmers using FFS to use PB in effective manner as a component of IPM.
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6.6. Novel options for fruit fly management (BCRL, India)
Dr. Malvika Chaudhary, BCRL, India presented the last paper of the session providing a broad overview of available novel products for fruit fly and newer products while emphasizing recent research done in cover spray, MAT, BAT bio-control, field sanitation, miscellaneous technologies (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception). Focus was also on the available commercial products in this context and utilization of these in various fruit fly management programmes (e.g. in Taiwan, Mauritius, Hawaii and India). The role of Bio-Control Research Laboratories, India to develop commercial products on identified constraints was emphasized. The validation of research in feeler trials will lead to development of female biased pheromone technique, one way valve trap, use of entomofungal pathogen for pupal stages and as ovipositional deterrent and also for post-harvest man agent use of organic salt formulation will be done under the project. Possibilities of replacing insecticide by using B.bassiana and also developing fungal infection to the population by auto- dissemination of B .bassiana along with pheromone and electrostatic powder has been discussed. Conducting plant clinic as extension tool to disseminate the knowledge of IPM up to grower level will also lead to generation of large data which can be used for identifying problematic areas and forecasting pest infestation.
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6.7 Fruit flies in Mekong river basin countries (summary of session 2)
The presentation from various countries in MRB provided in-depth national status on various important aspects of fruit fly management in this region. As summary following key points emerged out:
Various species of tephritid fruit flies are affecting a range of important fruit and vegetable crops in this sub-region; Through support from past projects many countries were able to establish identification of some species. However species identification remains a important task at local and regional level; Due to extended seasons of fruiting, the level of infestation and resulting damage has increased many folds in the past decades; There exists a wide difference in the level of past experiences on fruit fly management in this region. Some countries like Vietnam and Thailand have good experiences, but others needs substantial support to achieve a similar level of experiences and knowledge; Only few management options namely protein baits and ME have been used so far widely in this region and these too mostly as stand-alone control measures. Until now little has been done on developing broad based IPM packages in this region; Through past projects in some countries trainings have been organized but until now there are no regional or national experiences available where fruit fly management has been developed for FFS platform; The existing network and cooperation among NIPM in the region provides a very strong network that could take lead in developing locally assembled and need based IPM package for important fruit fly species and also could develop the FFS curricula for farmer’s education.
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7. Session 3: Fruit flies management strategies in MRBC
Prior to moving to the planning sessions, experiences from the Hawaii IPM Programme’s planning process and insights into developing area-wide fruit fly IPM was presented by Prof. Ron Mau, who also chaired this session (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception).
For planning purposes a simple format was provided to the country teams prior to the planning session. The country teams along with the various fruit fly experts and resource persons began to develop work plans before lunch and continued until the late afternoon. The plans developed and presented during this session were only draft plans, which would have to be further refined in consultations with the respective ministries after representatives returning to their home countries. Most countries only presented partial plans for some initial discussion pending the development of detailed intervention strategies and log-frames as part of country strategy papers to be developed as a follow-up to this workshop.
Prof. Ron Mau provided the following points as further suggestions for development of the work plan:
“Developing work plans is difficult even for experienced project leaders. It is insufficient to say that the program will be performed using the Farmer Field School method. I think that it might have been easier if the teams charted their plans in a manner that is shown in the attached power point file “Outcomes Plan – Hawaii Fruit Fly IPM” (see http://ipm.ait.asia/inception ). Once short term, intermediate term and long-term outcomes are identified, it will be easier for the country teams to plan the lessons and curriculum for the FFS for each of the targeted fruit fly species. Certainly, development and retention of knowledge and hands-on experience in learning that the students can easily accomplish the pest suppression programs are key to success”;
“I think that an outcomes plan for melon fly suppression is a very good starting place for small holder farmers. Knowledge of the local melon fly roosting hosts can be easily obtained by field observation by farmers as part of the FFS curriculum”.
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“From this, lessons on how to use cue-lure traps of local population density can be designed and can be used to chart the impacts of poisoned protein bait spot application on roosting hosts on the overall population density as well as the reduction of damaged fruit. Bitter gourd or another common local crop like sponge gourd or squash might be suitable for the FFS crop system”;
“Knowledge on fruit fly ID, and life cycle, as well as the fly numbers emerging from infested fruit can be included in lesson plans and using traps in augmentorium cages. I am including a poster handout titled “123 Melon Fly Suppression” as an example of how the farmers can chart cuelure fly densities and reduction in crop damage”.
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7.1. Work Plan for FF IPM in Thailand
Thailand has an active fruit fly IPM Programme and considerable experiences of implementing it in pre-selected locations in the country for past many years. Based on these experiences they have proposed to work in two provinces in the country (see locations in the map)
Chaiyaphum Province , NE Thailand – Chilli-pepper crop Ratchabri Province, Central Thailand – Tropical fruits
The major activities proposed by the Thai team include:
Baseline Surveys Training of trainers / extension officials Training of Farmers using FFS Monitoring and Evaluation etc.
Further details on Thailand draft work plan can be seen in the annex 3.
Fig.1. Map showing locations of the FF IPM project implementation sites in Thailand
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7.2. Work plan for FF IPM in Cambodia
Fruit fly management in Cambodia is relatively new area at all level in national IPM programme. Therefore, Cambodia team has presented a detail draft work plan for further refinement and comments from the group of experts and resource persons.
Based on the crop acreage and damage information available for bitter gourd crop (B. cucurbitae) tentatively 3 provinces are selected for the project implementation (see location in the map): Kampong Cham Kandal Battambang The major activities proposed are:
Completion of GIS mapping Baseline survey Develop training module, FFS, TOT etc.
Detailed draft work plan can be seen in the annex 4.
Fig.2. Map showing locations of the FF IPM project implementation sites in Cambodia
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7.3. Work plan for FF IPM in Lao PDR
To date no significant fruit fly management project has been undertaken in Lao PDR baring some initial work on species identification. Based on the good IPM FFS experiences on rice and vegetables and the urgent need to undertake the FF IPM the Lao team presented their work plan. Further they decided to initiate IPM work on both species i.e. B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae of fruit flies. Based on crop acreage estimates and experiences two provinces were prioritized by the Lao team to implement the major activities for the project: Vientiane Capital Vientiane Province
The major activities proposed are:
Completion of GIS mapping Baseline survey Develop training module, TOT & FFS etc
Detailed draft work plan can be seen in the annex 5.
Fig.3. Map showing locations of the FF IPM project implementation sites in Lao PDR
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7.4. Work Plan for FF IPM in Myanmar
Myanmar joined this regional initiative primarily to strengthen an ongoing FAO/IFAD supported export oriented mango project, where fruit flies are major problem. Apart from all other project countries Myanmar has limited prior experiences to the FFS approach of extension and also possibly participatory adaptive research methodologies. It is expected that by interacting and participating in the various project activities, the country team would get a good exposure on these methods. Currently, FAO supports some participatory training activities on off-season mango production and the exploration of innovative fruit fly management options could feature in such action research activities.
Accordingly, the mango crop was selected as priority crop for developing FF IPM and already the project has prioritized the production areas of Shan (South) State, Mandalay Division and Yangon Division for implementation of project activities. The mango fruit fly (B. dorsalis) will be target species for their work in coming two years. The Myanmar country team presented the following activities as a part of their work plan:
Baseline survey Data collection to learn population dynamics of fruit flies Capacity building of the PPD (plant protection department) staffs Training to the farmers Detailed draft work plan can be seen in the annex 6.
Fig.4. Map showing locations of the FF IPM project implementation sites in Myanmar
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7.5. Work plan for FF IPM in Vietnam
Vietnam has one of the most active Non SIT based fruit fly IPM implementation experiences in the region. Also, it has been recipient of several projects including one of protein bait commercialization and utilization from ACIAR. Scientific background information on species identification, life-cycle, biology, ecology and other aspects is available which provides a very good basis for development of farmer’s education programme using FFS. In addition, the existence of a a vibrant and nation-wide IPM network with its decade of experiences of developing and implementing FFS for a range of crops throughout the country provides the needed background to develop, pilot and expand the FF IPM FFS.
The major activities planned for this project are shown in the following two flow-charts (one for each year of the project)
The major activities proposed were the followings:
Baseline Survey TOT FFS Setting-up pilot sites etc
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Three provinces from South Vietnam were selected as the project implementation sites:
Vinh Long Tien Giang Long An
Further details on work plan for FF IPM in Vietnam can be seen in the annex 7.
Fig. 5. Map showing locations of the FF IPM project implementation sites in Vietnam
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7.6. Summary of regional FF IPM project planning
7.6.1. Planning Process
The planning process which started before this inception & planning workshop would continue in the coming weeks to enable each participating countries to consult their ministries and to develop following documents before project activities are implemented: Completion of the GIS mapping based on agreed 5 layers mapping to use as a planning tool to select the area of project implementation , the fig.6 shows the initial agreed project implementation sites on a regional basis; Development of a short and concise country strategy paper for the proposed fruit fly IPM project intervention. A template, complete with log frame table, was developed and sent to the country teams for this purpose. A log-frame of project (draft) can be seen in annex 7.
Fig.6. Regional map of MRB showing project implementation sites in 5 countries
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7.6.2. Follow-up trainings needs
Most country teams and external experts invited to the workshop suggested to organize a regional level workshop for the key trainers from the NIPM and/or implementing agencies in order to provide hands-on experiences and background knowledge on the various aspects of the fruit fly management.
The suggested learning objectives include:
Life cycle, biology and ecology of the fruit flies selected or prioritized for the project (mostly B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae; in case of Thailand B. correcta); Host range, roosting plants species, non-host, spatial and temporal distribution; Male Annihilation Techniques (MAT) Baits and cuelures (Protein baits etc.) Traps designs, seasonality and its uses in various crops Sanitation and augmentorium Other management methods e.g. bagging Other country specific issue (will come up while discussing the content of training) Curriculum and training materials development
Accordingly, plans are underway to organize a hands-on training (possibly at southern Vietnam) covering these issues by November this year involving the project partners and external experts.
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8. Field Trip Report
In conjunction with the organization of the inception workshop, a field trip was organized on 1 September 2010 with the purpose of providing first-hand information to the participants on the various fruit fly management related work in host-country Thailand.
The following three locations were visited by the country teams and resource persons:
Site I: Fruit Fly suppressions programme: A local government initiated fruit fly suppression
programme in Samut Sakhon Province
Site II: SWIFT’s Export Packing House, Nakhon Pathom to learn about the Vapor Heat Treatment facility for export of mangoes to Japan
Site III: Varietal screening programme against Malaysian fruit fly on Chili-pepper at Dept. Horticulture, Fac. of Agriculture at Kampheng Saen, Kasersart University, Nakhon Pathom
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8.1. Feedback session on field trip from participants
A feedback session was organized to summarize the key findings and issues related to each visited site. In the feedback session, the participants along with the resource persons sat together to share experiences. This group work was followed by plenary presentations, which are summarized below.
8.1.1. Site I: Fruit Fly suppressions programme Samut Sakhon Province
The field trip at Samut Sakhon begins with visiting the provincial administrative office, where a short presentation on the fruit fly suppression programme was provided prior to the field visit.
The fruit fly suppressions programmes includes the following important features:
The local government supplied free Methyl Eugenol ( ME) to farmers to break-down the large scale population as the area currently grow guava and rose apple for export and domestic markets Exchange of captured FF with Fertilizer: 2 liters of dead fruit fly body was exchanged for 1 bag of 16-16-8 (NPK) fertilizer In one year collected 846 liters of FF bodies were collected
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Observations from the field:
Crop: Guava and Rose Apple (B. correcta and B. dorsalis); Ridge gourd (B. cucurbitae)
The bagging of guava begins 3 months after flowering A layer of extra paper is attached on the top of plastic to protect it from sunlight induced deterioration (to enhance the life of plastic bags) The growers maintains only one fruit per small branch to be able to achieve a marketable size Normally the crop is pruned to maintain the canopy that facilities easier harvest The programme is not based on training farmers and their capacity building Trap density was observed too be too high. Not that many traps are needed as per recommendation Farmers were unable to differentiate the species of the fruit flies trapped ME only able to attracts B. dorsalis not B. cucurbitae Sanitation (disposal of infested fruits) were not apparent from the observation From discussion with the farmers, it was not clear that at what intervals the lures are changed The method of using ME on cotton bolls is very expensive. Therefore, other methods especially those which prolongs the life of ME are advised
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Free fertilizers in exchange may not be a sustainable method for long-term management of this pest. The idea is good to break the initial large population, but the planners needs to take note of farmer’s training in combination with other methods for instance, the female removal method as well to ensure sustainability.
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8.1.2. Site II: SWIFT’s Export Packing House, Nakhon Pathom
SWIFT is one of the leading private sector fruits and vegetable exporting company in the Thai kingdom engaged in export of fresh and processed fruit and vegetable. The company manages various fruit and vegetable pack houses (3 stations pack houses: Kampaengsaen, Chiangmai and Petchaboon and one new pack house in Eastern part of the country) to process and export their products. In addition, the contracted growers of this company received GlobalGAP, QGAP and Organic certificates for over 250 ha of land to enable the company to export organic produce as well. Currently the products are exported to the Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Middle East (M-E), Europe (EU), USA, Australia and New Zeeland.
The purpose of the visit was to expose participants to the VHT (vapor heat treatment) unit, a requirement for exporting mangoes to countries like Japan. Since fruit flies are important quarantine pests, other than China, many countries including Taiwan impose strict regulatory measures for importing fresh fruits from the region.
Observations:
The organization of the pack house was very good for both fruit and vegetable products VPT treatment is suitable for export to the Japan, Korea, Aus and NZ. How can they export to USA? The participants were interested to learn how the company is able to pay the fund needed for various certifications every year? How is the pricing policy to the contracted growers? How do the importers accept the agro-chemical free farming products? For what price? Perception?
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In Vietnam: for mango the VPH treatment can work well at 46.5oC for 20 min and wind speed: 2 m/second) VHT is expensive for the small farmers, if they wish to export on their own. Moreover, some countries in Asia like China do not require products to be treated using VHT Participants were also interested to learn the process of risk assessment for soil and water and others suggested including the pest risk assessment into the planning process for producing fruits and vegetables
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8.1.3. Site III: Screening for Chili-pepper germplasm against Malaysian Fruit fly (B. latifrons)
The final destination for the field trip was the visit to a chili-pepper germplasm screening programme at Kassetsart University.
The hosts provided an overview of their programme:
A research plan with the aim to develop chili-pepper varieties having tolerance against B. latifrons Some accessions are showing various degree of tolerance so far The total acid content o the fruit is positively correlated to the fruit fly damage More work is planned in the future for testing against various population pressure levels in greenhouses
Observations
The breeding programme does not take into account other commonly occurring diseases like viruses and anthracnose If successful, it could provide a good relevance to many chili growing areas in MRBC It was suggested that the DNA sequences of susceptible and resistant varieties could be searched and then checked for different sequence Further DNA markers assisted breeding could be searched for faster screening of both the germplasm and hybridization
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Annexes
43 Annex 1: List of Participants
Austria
1. Rui Cardoso Pereira, Entomologist (PhD) 6. Dr.S.K.Ghosh Insect Pest Control Section Head and Asst. General Manager, (Bio- Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques pesticide) in Food and Agriculture Bio-Control Research Laboratories Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100 A division of Pest Control (India) Pvt. Ltd. A-1400 Vienna, AUSTRIA Bangalore, India E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +43.1.2600.26077; Fax: +43.1.26007 Lao PDR
7. Mr. Thongsavanh Taipangnavong Australia National IPM Expert FAO ICP for IPM in Vegetables – 2. Dr Paul Ferrar Country office Lao PDR Chief, AICAR-IPM (former) P.O. Box 1640, Vientiane, Lao PDR 8 Gregson Plcae, Curtin Tel: (856-21) 812142, PO Box 216, Curtin, ACT 2605, Australia Fax: (856-21) 812130 Tel/Fax: +61-26161 4853 Email: [email protected] , Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Cambodia 8. Mr. Tiangkham Vongsabouth National IPM Coordinator (acting) 3. Mr. Chou, Cheythyrith FAO ICP for IPM in Vegetables – Vegetable IPM Project Coordinator Country office Lao PDR FAO ICP for IPM in vegetables P.O. Box 1640, Vientiane, Lao PDR Country Office-Cambodia Tel: (856-21) 812142, House 54B, St. 656 Fax: (856-21) 812130 Sangkat Teuk Laak, Khan Toul Kork Phnom Penh, Cambodia Malaysia Tel/Fax: +855-23-880465 9. Dr. Wai-Hong Loke 4. Mr. Heng Chhun Hy Regional Director, CABI Southeast & East Asia Deputy Director, Glasshouse Complex The Department of the Plant Protection, MARDI, 43400 Serdang Sanitary and Phytosanitary Selangor, Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Telephone: +60 (3) 8943 2921 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Fax: +60 (3) 8942 6490 Email: [email protected]
India Myanmar
5. Dr. Malvika Chaudhary 10. Mr. Soe Than Bio-Control Research Laboratories Director of Myat Yadanar Agriculture Co.Ltd. A division of Pest Control (India) Pvt. Ltd. 24/3 Bogyoke Aung San Road, Yae Aye Kwin Bangalore, India Qr., Taunggyi, Souther Shan State, Myanmar Mobile: +91 9343942214; Phone: +95-81-21153 Email: [email protected] Mobile: +95-9521-5718 Email: [email protected]
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15. Mr. Tharmanoon Boonkraisorn 11. Dr. Khin Nyunt Yee Director of Production Promotion and Deputy Supervisor Development Group Plant Protection Division Office of Agricultural Extension and Myanmar Agriculture Service Development Region 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Khon kaen Provice Tel: 095-1-644214 Tel: 04326 1336 Fax: 04326 1337 Fax.095-1-644019 Email: [email protected] Email [email protected]
16. Mr. Aroonpol Payakapanta Taiwan Directorate of Promotion of Crop Production and Protection Group 12. Dr. Pai-Po Lee Bureau of Agricultural production and Quality Deputy Secretary General Control Taiwan ICDF Department of Agriculture Extension, 14F, No. 9, Lane 62, Tien Mou West Rd. Royal Government of Thailand, Taipei 11157, Taiwan Telefax: +66 2 561 4663 Tel: 886-2- 22873-2323- Ext. 102 Email [email protected] Fax: 886-2-2876-6485 Email: [email protected] 17. Ms. Sukosm Chinvinijkul c/o Director, Bureau of Agricultural Product Quality Development Tanzania Department of Agricultural Extension. 2148/1 Paholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 13. Ms. Claudia Fichtner THAILAND. Interim Project Manager Global Horticulture Initiative 18. Mr. Jan Willem Ketelaar c/o AVRDC – RCA; P.O.Box 10, Duluti, Chief Technical Advisor/Team Leader Arusha, Tanzania FAO Asia-IPM Programme Tel: +255-(27)-255-3093; FAO Regional Office for the Asia Pacific Mobile: +255-(76)-4473610 No. 39 Maliwan Mansion, Phra Athit Road Fax: +255-(27)-255-3125 Bangkok 10200, Thailand Email: [email protected] Tel: +66-2-697-4274 Fax: +66-2-697-4422 Thailand Email: [email protected]
14. Mrs. Watchreporn Orankanok 19. Ms. Abubakar Alma Linda Director; Irradiation for Agricultural Programme Development Officer FAO ICP for IPM in Vegetables, Regional office Development FAO Regional Office for the Asia Pacific Department of Agriculture Extension No. 39 Maliwan Mansion, Phra Athit Road 2043/1 Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangkok 10200, Thailand Paholyothin Road, Chatujak, Bangkok Phone: +66-2-697-4180 10900. THAILAND. Fax: +66-2-697-4422 Phone: 662 940 6187; Email: [email protected] Fax: 662 940 6188
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20. Mr. Lakchai Menakanit 27. Dr. Prabhat Kumar IPM Consultant Coordinator (Asian FF Fly IPM Project) 10/5 Soi Prachachuen 38 Affiliated Faculty-cum-Senior Research Bangsue District Specialist Bangkok, Thailand ASE/SERD ; AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Tel: +66-81 8173596 Pathumthani 12120 Thailand Fax: +66-2 589 5780 Tel: +66-2-524-5477; Fax: +66-2-524-6200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
21. Ms. PatchreeMenakanit 28. Dr. Narinder Dhillon 10/5 Soi Prachachuen 38 Vegetable Breeder-Cucurbit Bangsue District Asian Regional Center Bangkok, Thailand AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center; 4/F, Tel: +66-81 8173596 Research & Development Bldg. Fax: +66-2 589 5780 Kassetsart University; Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900; THAILAND 22. Mr. Paichayon Uathaveekul Tel: +66-2-9428686 or 66-2-9428687 Chairman, Swift Co. Ltd. Fax: +66-2-9428688 65/2 Moo 6 Tambon Donkhoi Email: [email protected] Kampaengsan, Nakornpathom 73140, Thailand Tel: (66-34) 351 025-6, 352 576 29. Dr. Banpot Napompeth Fax: (66-34) 352 639 Founder and Adviser Email: [email protected] National Biological Control Research Center Kassetsart University 23. Mr. Thitipong Telavanich PO Box 9-52, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Samut Sakhon Provincial Administration Thailand Samut sakohn Province Tel:+66-2579-3649, Fax +66-2-942-8355 Thailand Email: [email protected]
24. Prof. Joydeep Dutta 30. Ms. Sopana Yule Vice President Academic Affairs Entomologist Asian Institute of Technology Asian Regional Center Po Box 4, Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120, AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center; 4/F, Thailand Research & Development Bldg. Email: [email protected] Kassetsart University; Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900; THAILAND 25. Dr. Weerakorn Ongsakul Tel: +66-2-9428686 or 66-2-9428687 Dean, SERD Fax: +66-2-9428688 Asian Institute of Technology
PO Box 4, Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120 31. Mr. Pornchai Chanprasit Thailand Seed production research manager Email: [email protected] Eastwest Seeds (Thailand) Email: [email protected] 26. Dr. Abha Mishra
Affiliated Faculty-cum-Senior Research 32. Dr. Peeyush Soni Specialist Adjunct Faculty (ASE) ASE/SERD ASE/SERD AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand 12120 Thailand Tel: +66-2-524-5459; Fax: +66-2-524-6200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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33. Dr. P.K. Viswanathan 42. Mr. Suraporn Onputtha Research Scientist Master Student ASE/SERD "Agricultural Transition in Asia" AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani (Rockefeller Foundation project) 12120, Thailand School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD) United States of America Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
NRM/SERD 43. Prof. Ronald F. L. Mau
Professor Emeritus
Dept of Plant and Enviro. Protection Sci 34. Ms. Suthamma Maneepitas University of Hawaii at Manoa Doctoral Student 3050 Maile Way; Natural Resource Management FOS Honolulu, HI 96822 USA SERD, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand Cell Phone: 808-220-0214;
Fax: 808-808-956-7063 35. Dr. Parish Nalavade Email: [email protected] Research Scientist (ASE)
School of Environment, Resources and Development AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani Vietnam 12120 Thailand
36. Ms. Ancy Robinson 44. Dr. Nguyen Van Hoa Research Associate Deputy Director General (Plant Pathologist) ASE/SERD Sothern Horticulture Research Institute AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences 12120 Thailand Box 203 My Tho-Tien Giang- Vietnam Phone: 0084 73. 3893125 Mobile: 091.8582261 37. Mr. Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram Fax: 0084. 73. 3893122 GIS Expert, RIMES Email: [email protected] AIT, Pathumthani [email protected] Email: [email protected]
38. Ms. Mayuree Yasueb 45. Mr. Ho van Chien Master Student Director of Southern Plant Protection Center ASE/SERD Long Dinh, Chau Thanh AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani Tien Giang, Vietnam 12120, Thailand Email: [email protected] cellphone: 0913962736 39. Mr. Patarapol Sumreddee Master Student ASE/SERD AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand (ASE)
40. Mr. Khagendra Master Student ASE/SERD AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
41. Ms. Jeerajit Dissana Master Student ASE/SERD AIT, PO Box 4; Klong Lunag, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
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31 August 2010 (Tuesday) Arrival of the participants Arrival of the participants and check-in (AIT Conference Center) Setting-up Demonstration stalls (seed companies, BCRL, India)* Day 1: 1ST September 2010 (Wednesday): Field Trip Field Trip (AM): Samut Sakhon Fruit fly management campaign Field Trip (PM): SWIFT’s Processing House & Kassetsart University, Nakhon Pathom Day 2: 2ND September 2010 (Thursday) Venue: Room B 108 AIT Conference Center 800 – 850 am : Registration & Introduction to AIT (VDO Show) Time Activity Who Opening Speech Prof. Joydeep Dutta 0900 0915 (Opening of IPM AIT Website; Beta version) VPAA, AIT Prof. Weerakorn 0915 0925 Introduction -School of Environment, Resources and Development Ongsakul, Dean SERD 0925 0935 Expectations from the donor- the ICDF Dr. Po-Pi Lee, ICDF 0935 0945 Overview from Global Horticulture Initiative Ms. Claudia Fichtner, GHI 0945 1000 Introduction of the Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project Prabhat Kumar, AIT 1000 1030 Tea / Coffee Break
Session I: Fruit Flies in Asia Chair: Banpot Napompeth ; Reporteur: P. K. Vishwanathan Overview of FAO’s Integrated Pest Management Programme in Jan Willem Ketelaar 1045 1115 Asia FAO-RAP Invasive Pest Species in Asia – a management challenge to Loke Wai Hong 1115 1145 sustainable crop production CABI SE Center General overview of Fruit Flies in Asia – species, life cycle, Paul Ferrar 1145 1215 biology, crop losses and current management strategies ACIAR-IPM 1215 1315 Lunch Break Distribution of fruit flies in Mekong countries: Preliminary findings Jothiganesh 1315 1345 using GIS mapping Shanmugasundaram SIT & non-SIT based Area-Wide IPM of Fruit Flies: experiences and Rui Cardoso Pereira 1345 1415 lessons learned FAO/IAEA Session II: Fruit Fly Management experiences from Mekong River Basin Countries Chair: Jan Willem Ketalaar; Reporteur: S. K. Ghosh 1415 1445 Past experiences, current status and plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for Dept.of Agril. Extension smallholder vegetable and fruit growers in Thailand Thailand 1445 1500 Tea / Coffee Break 1500 1530 Past experiences, current status and plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for National IPM Programme smallholder vegetable and fruit growers in Cambodia Cambodia 1530 1600 Past experiences, current status and plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for National IPM Programme smallholder vegetable and fruit growers in Lao PDR Lao PDR 1600 1630 Past experiences, current Status and plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for Ministry of Agriculture & smallholder vegetable and fruit growers in Myanmar Irrigation, Myanmar 1630 1700 Past experiences, current Status and plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for National IPM Programme smallholder vegetable and fruit growers in Vietnam Vietnam 1700 1730 Current range of novel products for Fruit flies and plans for the BCRL, India newer IPM fruit flies products
Welcome Dinner (hosted by Asian Institute of Technology) Venue: Korea House, AIT Time: 1830 pm
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Day 3: 3RD. September 2010 (Friday) Chair: Ronald Mau; Reporteur: AlmaLinda Abubakar
Session III: Planning for the Area Wide Fruit Fly IPM Project Time Activity Who Recapitulation & summary of Session II Sharing of experiences from the field trip of 1ST September 2010 by each group Dada/ Kumar 0830 0930 Work Plan Development:
GIS mapping Country Work Plans
0930 1000 Fruit Fly Management Experiences from Hawaii IPM Programme Prof. Mau 1000 1015 Tea / Coffee Break All national IPM Progarrme 1015 1215 Group work – work plan development
1215 1330 Lunch Break 1330 13350 Work Plan Presentation, Thailand DoAE, Thailand 1350 1410 Cambodia NIPM, Cambodia 1410 1430 Lao PDR NIPM, Lao PDR 1430 1450 Myanmar MA Myanmar 1450 1510 Vietnam NIPM, Vietnam 1510 1530 BCRL BCRl, India 1530 1540 LOGO selection and follow-up Kumar/Dada
Workshop Closing Dinner (hosted by FAO Regional IPM Programme) Venue: Ploen Restaurant Time: 1800 hrs
Notes:
Demonstration stall will remain until the end of the workshop and participants are encouraged to visit and learn the various IPM products for their possible use in the action research programme.
Logo Selection: Potential logos for this project have been developed with assistance from FAO IPM staff and would be displayed on a board for voting. Please vote for the logo that you think represents this project best before the evening of 2ND September 2010. Final vote count will take place towards the end of the workshop on 3RD September 2010 to choose a logo for this project.
49 Annex 3: Work Plan for FF IPM in Thailand
Crop: CHILLI Total area 1143.52 Approach 218.72 ha area hectare Province: Chaiyaphum, NE Thailand SI Activities When Where Who How Buget(USD) responsible (target person) 1 characterize area of interest Apr-11 Kasetsombun, Growers baseline 2,200 DoAE Chaiyaphum survey 2 Farmer trainer one a week from Kasetsombun, Farmers FFS 4,000 DoAE seeding 'til Chaiyaphum harvesting 3 training framer on FFS one a week from Kasetsombun, Farmers FFS 6,999 DoAE suppression via FFS seeding 'til Chaiyaphum harvesting 4 Follow up & monitoring monthly Kasetsombun, DoAE staff focus group 2,000 DoAE Chaiyaphum interview
5 Evaluation workshop & after harvest Kasetsombun, DoAE staff participatory 4,500 DoAE planning development Chaiyaphum + farmer workshop
leaders 19,699
Crop: Tropical fruits Area 1400 ha Province: Samut Sakhon
SI Activities When Where Who(target How Budget (USD) responsible org. person) 1 characterize area of Kasetpattana, Growers baseline 1,000 DoAE interest Samut Sakhon survey 2 Farmer trainer via FFS monthly Kasetpattana, Farmers FFS 2,500 DoAE
Samut Sakhon
3 Demonsatration to farmer ontime Kasetpattana, Farmers FFS 3,733 DoAE on FF suppression Samut Sakhon
4 Establish whole year( 52 Kasetpattana, Volunteer Steiner Trap 2,427 Trapping network weeks) Samut Sakhon Farmers(15 persons)
5 Follow up & monitoring monthly Kasetpattana, DoAE staff focus group 1,000 DoAE Samut Sakhon interview
6 Evaluation workshop & after harvest Kasetpattana, DoAE staff participatory 4,500 DoAE planning development Samut Sakhon + farmer workshop leaders 15,160
Annex 4: Work Plan for FF IPM in Cambodia
No. Activities How Location When Budget US$ 1 Baseline survey on farmer’s - Survey using questionnaires, - Kandal - One week preparation 1500 knowledge and practices on observations - Kampong Cham - Two week in the field - Cultivation - Farmers Groups discussions - Battambang - Two week analysis - Current status of damages and - Analysis and report Late Sep-Oct. 2010 crop loss - Pest control methods applied 2 Conduct adaptive research at farm - Conduct experiment for testing - Kandal - Two months from 3600 level protein bait and Cure lure - Kampong Cham Dec. 2010 to Feb 2011 - Technical back stopping from Experts - Battambang - May 2011 – Sep 2011 (BCRL) 3 Develop training module - Use backstopping from Experts on - In the office - Feb to March 2011 700 Fruit Fly from FAO & AIT - Use existing training models from other countries (FAO / AIT?)
4 Conduct mini-TOT for IPM trainers - Train IPM trainers on technical aspects - At provincial level - Two weeks in fourth 3000 of fruit fly management in one pilot area week of April 2011 - Develop FFS module. - Use trainers from national (if available) and international level (FAO, AIT)
No. Activities How Location When Budget 5 Conduct 6 FFS on Fruit Fly - Educate on Melon fly management with - in pilot areas - Whole cropping - 4200 existing FFS group of IPM farmers or new season starting May- groups August 2011, and Dec. 2011-March. 2012 6 Report back to Programme and - Regional workshop to share experiences In one target On Oct. 2011 future planning country (Vietnam) 7 Evaluation of outcome of activities - Focus group interview - Target areas End of season (Sept / Oct - 1500 - Observation, 2011) or after season - Measuring the crop lost on experimental (starting new production sites season) 8 Post FFS activities - Continue activities on Fruit Fly management - In pilot areas After ending the first FFS - 1200 with farmers season
National IPM Programme of GDA
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Budget = UD$15,700 Annex 5: Work Plan for FF IPM in Lao PDR
Activity when where who How Estimated budget 1. Conduct baseline Nov-Dec 2010 Vientiane capital & NIPM and PPC staff -Using survey formats 1,750.00 surveys of Fruit Fly on province, -Sampling with traps important fruit and vegetable crops 2. Conduct participatory B. cucurbitae: Vientiane capital & NIPM ,PPC -Experiment design/layout 1,000.00 research on Fruit Fly Oct 2010-Dec province, staff and farmers -Select the target group of management 2010) of farmers Output: Best-bet Fruit Fly B. dorsalis Management strategy Jan 2011-June identified (1-2-3 ) 2011
4. Develop training Oct 2010-Dec NIPM office NIPM ,PPC -Collection of information on pest 1000,00 materials 2011 staff (Biology, ecology and management techniques)and Diagnostics (pest identification based on the symptoms), local practices. Review with experts. 5. Organize Training of Jan 2011 Vientiane capital or IPM trainers, PAFO -Interactive class room lectures and 3,500.00 Trainers (TOT) on Fruit Vientiane province and field exposure Fly management DAFO staff in 2 provinces
Activity when where who How Estimated budget (US$) 6. Conduct pilot FFS on Feb-April2011 Vientiane capital, Fruit and -Selection of farmers 3,000.00 Fruit Fly management of Vientiane prov vegetable -Transfer of knowledge from selected fruit and farmers Master trainers to the vegetable crops farmers 7. Follow-up field April- July Vientiane capital & NIPM team -Provide technical support 2,000.00 training\action research 2011 province, to trainers and farmers activities to fine-tune best- bet management strategies 8. Organization of farmer Aug 2011 Vientiane Prov. Trained farmers -Meeting 650.00 forum to present results\promote area-wide fruit fly management 9. Awareness raising Aug 2011- Vientiane capital & Extension staff -Develop posters and leaflet 1,250.00 through posters, leaflets onward province, farmers and trader on fruit fly mgt -Distribution 10. Project evaluation Oct-Nov 2011 NIPM office DOA,PPC, -Impact Assessment 750.00 core IPM trainers and key -population monitoring farmers -reduce level of infestation -adoption of technology -increase marketability of produce Total 15,000.00
Annex 6: Work Plan for FF IPM in Myanmar
Sl. Activities Where When who How Why
1 Baseline Data Collection Shan (South)State, September, Project staffs By setting up the traps of Species Identification, study Once/two wks (off-season) Mandalay Division 2010 to August from PPD Methyl Eugenol (3-4 on Population Dynamic, Once/wk (Season) Yangon Division 2011 traps/ac) Ecology of Fruit Fly, Study on Biology (Season) 2 Developing of training Shan (South)State, September, Project staffs Collection of resources and To disseminate the modules specific of fruit fly Mandalay Division 2010 to from PPD exploring of locally adapted appropriate knowledge of biology, symptoms, Yangon Division October 2010 management practices Pest and Technology recommended practices through collaboration which are eco-friendly. 3 Dissemination of Shan (South)State, October- PPD Extension Training Farmer’s lack knowledge on knowledge on fruit flies Mandalay Division December , Staffs & fruit flies and its Yangon Division 2010 (Off farmers management Season) 4 Distribution of the protein Shan (South)State, Dec. 2010 Mango Through farmers Myanmar To help the farmers adapt baits to the growers Mandalay Division farmers mango group the technology as preventive Distribution of the bags, Yangon Division measures at the early stage traps and lures to the growers
5 Data Collection- once/two Shan (South)State, September, Project By setting up the traps of - study on Population wks (off-season)Once/wk Mandalay Division 2011 to August Participated Methyl Eugenol (3-4 Dynamic, (Season) Yangon Division 2012 Staffs from traps/ac), Protein Baits (3-4 -determine the adaptability PPD trap (minimum).By of the technologies interviewing the growers
Annex 7: Log-frame (draft) of the Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project
Time Line Intervention Objectively verifiable Sources and means of Assumptions (esimated) logic indicators of achievement verification To enhance knowledge on fruit fly a.) Current status of the FF problem a.) Inception and Planning report; b.) Three- a.) Smallholder fruits and vegetable May 2010-June ecology and management among in the region; b.) Availability of the monthly reports; c.) Six-monthly reports; d.) farmers along with implementation 2012 smallholder women and men locally adapted IPM package for FF Final report partners remain interested and fruit flies farmers to be able to grow healthy IPM in 2 selected locations in Mekong continue to occur as pest for fruits and countries; c.) GIS maps of the vegetables in the region; b.) Continued and safe fruit and vegetable crops intensive Fruit fly and Melon fly areas support & understanding from the by sustainably practicing integrated in each of 4 country and on a Mekong donors and GHI on emerging situation pest management with least basis; d.) 24 FFS and 720 farmers 1 emphasis on toxic synthetic (equitible participation of women pesticides leading to food safety farmers in FFS) trained, additional and food security, and improved 1500 exposed to FF IPM; e.) Govt. & income in Asian countries with a Plant Protection officials exposed to focus on Mekong river basin FF issues in all 4 countries; f.) Training curricula, extension countries Overall brochures and dedicated FF IPM Objectives website established Which indicators clearly show that the What are the sources of information that Which factors and conditions outside objective of the action has been exist or can be collected? What are the the Beneficiary's responsibility are achieved? methods required to get this information? necessary to achieve that objective? Specific (external conditions) Which risks Objectives should be taken into consideration? 1. To assess the current status of Inception and Planning workshop Inception and planning report Availability of in-depth quantitative and May-Oct. 2010 fruit fly occurrences, host-range, past quality information in implementing management efforts; countries are crucial for compilation of 1 the information 2. To develop GIS assisted maps of the GIS maps showing vulnerable area As a part of the Inception & Planning Report Availability quantitative and detail May-Oct. 2010 fruit fly infected areas leading to (country wise and Mekong wise) - its . Also available on planned website of the information on seasonality, selection of project implementing sites, use in the site selection project occurrences, host-range and other and compilation of basic crop needed information 2 management practices; 3. To adapt, integrate and finally Summary field study and Training of As a part of the six-monthly reports. Also will Occurrences of Fruit fly & melon fly; Nov. 2010 - April assemble local fruit fly IPM strategies trainers reports; name & list of be available on the planned website for wider interest of the trainers and farmers for 2011 (Adpative for countries in Mekong region based on trainers trained; curricula for the FF circulation and comments the program research & TOT) pre-season, in-season and post-harvest IPM techniques and capacity building of 3 IPM trainers; 4. To educate farmers using Farmer’s FFS reports As a part of the six-monthly reports. Also will Occurrences of Fruit fly & melon fly; June - Nov. 2011 Field School (FFS) on locally adapted be available on the planned website for wider interest of the trainers and farmers for (FFS) & Nov. 2011 - fruit fly IPM ; circulation and comments the program April 2012 (seond 4 season FFS) 5. To develop extension materials and Extension materials (bilingual) Website and hard copies successful development of IPM March - June 2012 share project activities through a package & its implementation (consolidaiton of website for better understanding and results, awareness and support development of development of Asian fruit fly Network. extension 5 brochures) The results are the outputs envisaged What are the indicators to measure What are the sources of information for What external conditions must be met to achieve the specific objective. What whether and to what extent the action these indicators? to obtain the expected results on are the expected results? (enumerate achieves the expected results? schedule? Expected Results them) Status of the Fruit fly management in Inception and Planning workshop Inception and planning report Interest of the country collaborators & Mekong region availability of the quantitative 1 information from the past projects GIS maps on occurrences of fruit flies Inception and planning workshop Inception and planning report Availability of in-depth quantitative and as per crops, area, season for area where each country will use GIS maps quality information from secondary selection for planning of project implementation sources on fruit flies 2 area Action research conducted at selected Number of action research conducted As a part of the six-monthly reports. Also will Occurrences of Fruit fly & melon fly; site and 100 IPM trainers trained in using innovative IPM strategies; be available on the planned website for wider interest of the trainers and farmers for intensive TOT to learn the monitoring curricula for the FFS developed for circulation and comments the program and implementation on fruit fly IPM each country for fruit fly and/or melon 3 strategies fly Twenty four pilot FFS for training of 720 Number of FFS; crops; area covered; Six-monthly and final technical report. Occurrences of the fruit flies and farmers in Mekong countries trained on No. of farmers trained and exposed to Information will be updated on the website as interest of the trainers and farmers in applying fruit fly IPM FFS; 1500 farmers FF IPM FFS; Behaviour changes of and when they area available from the field managing them will be exposed through field days the farmers; cost-benefit analysis of 4 using FF IPM FFS Five hundred copies of locally Availability of the bi-lingual extension On website and as a part of the final Achievement of successes in managing appropriate and field tested extension brochures on the FF IPM in each four technical report FF in each countries and interest of brochures on FF IPM will be developed countries local communities in having more 5 and distributed information
What are the key activities to be Means: What are the means required What are the sources of information about What pre-conditions are required before carried out and in what sequence in to implement these activities, e. g. action progress? Costs: What are the the action starts? What conditions order to produce the expected results? personnel, equipment, training, action costs? How are they classified? What outside the Beneficiary's direct control (group the activities by result) studies, supplies, operational are the action costs? (breakdown in the have to be met for the implementation facilities, etc. Budget for the Action) of the planned activities? Activities Act. 1: Current status of the fruit fly in Personnel, operational facilities, Source of information: Three-monthly Interest of the country collaborators & May - Oct. 2010 collaborating countries and in Mekong equipments, training, supplies updates, establishment of the Letter of availability of the quantitative region, crops hosts, losses, seasonality Agreement (LOA) and Memorandum of information from the past projects; and past management experiences and Understanding (MOU) Regional workshop : Government support to the project Sp. Objective 1 future possibilities 37,000 Act.2. Project Planning workshop Personnel, operational facilities, Source of information: Project planning Interest of the country collaborators and May - Oct. 2010 equipments, training, supplies report that will be presented during inception Government support to the project workshop; Project Planning: 26,000
Act.1. Identification of key fruit fly Personnel, operational facilities, GIS maps for each country for both melon Availability of the quantitative May-Oct.2010 endemic areas in collaborating countries equipments, training, supplies and fruit fly available on project website; GIS information pertaining to the crop, Sp. Objective 2 mapping 25,000 season, occurrences etc. on fruit flies Act.2.Site selection for the project Personnel, supplies Site selected and planned reported in Interest of the country collaborators and Oct. 2010 implementation Inception workshop; Site selection and Government support to the project survey 2,000 Act.3. Current status of the crop Personnel, supplies Data collected and utilized for the planning Interest of the country collaborators and May-Oct.2010 management practices in relation to the purposes as reported in country paper that Government support to the project fruit fly occurrences, seasonality, will be presented during inception workshop; losses, farmers knowledge etc baseline survey 4,000 Act. 1. Population monitoring and Personnel, supplies, equipments and Six-monthly reports; Trial development 9,000 Occurrences of the fruit flies and Nov. 2010 establishment of AESA methods for FF operational facilities interest of the farmers and trainers Spl. Objective 3 IPM FFS Act.2. Adaptive and basic research on Personnel, supplies, equipments and Six-monthly reports; Adaptive research 15,000 Occurrences of the fruit flies and Nov. 2010-April establishing locally suitable IPM operational facilities interest of the farmers and trainers 2011 package Act. 3. Training of trainers course Personnel, supplies, equipments and Three & six-monthly reports; training of Occurrences of fruit flies, availability of Nov. 2010-April operational facilities trainers 21,000 the proven and working options for fruit 2011 fly IPM and interest of farmers and IPM trainers Act. 4. Possible research on FF IPM by Personnel, supplies, equipments and Six-monthly report and final report Interest of individual to undertake May 2010-June national of Mekong country operational facilities research on fruit fly IPM 2012 Act.1. Twenty-four (24 ) FFS will be Personnel, supplies, equipments and Three & six-monthly reports; FFS 32,000 Occurrences of the fruit flies and June - Nov. 2011 conducted and total 24x30 = 720 operational facilities interest of the farmers and trainers (FFS) & Nov. 2011 - farmers will be trained in FF IPM in April 2012 (seond Spl. Objective 4 Mekong countries season FFS) Act.2. Exposure to 1500 additional Personnel, supplies Three and six-monthly report; Field day interest of the other farmers from the Nov. 2010 - April farmers through field-days 10,000 communities to learn about FF IPM 2012 Act.3. Thirty (30) personnel from plant Personnel, supplies Three and six-monthly report; Exposure visit Interest among plant protection Nov. 2010 - April protection departments will be exposed 4,000 personnel on fruit fly IPM and/or 2012 to the project and leanings management issues Act.1. Development of website on FF Personnel, equipment and supplies Website; website development, 10,000 May 2010-Nov.2010 Sp. Objective 5 IPM Act.2. Conduction of local workshops in Personnel, equipments Three and six-monthly reports; 0 May 2010-June conjunction with FFS & participation in 2012 regional, international workshop Act.3. Production of extension Personnel, supplies Brochures; Brochures 6,700 Need to extend FF IPM among others in March - June 2012 brochures (500 copies) bi-lingual in each the society (consolidaiton of 4 country results, development of extension brochures) Act.4. Establishment of Asian Fruit Fly Personnel, supplies, website Website; Network, 7,500 The plant protection communities May 2010-June IPM Network remained interested in fruit fly IPM 2012 issues