Training: The Missing Link in Pest Control [Abstract Only and Discussion]

Today when scientific development has so much to offer, the Desert Locust still poses as much threat to many parts of the world as it did many decades ago. When I was first exposed to aerial control of Desert Locust in the late 1960s, everything was being done to tackle the problem scientifically, w...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1990-06, Vol.328 (1251), p.673-677
Main Authors: Kit R. A. Kitenda, Kinvig, N., Joyce, R. J. V., Gillett, J. D., Lee, G. H., Le Berre, R., Rijks, D., Courshee, R. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Aircraft
Airships
Endurance
Flight crews
Flight operations
Helicopters
Locusts
Pest control
Pests
Physical Elements
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Summary:Today when scientific development has so much to offer, the Desert Locust still poses as much threat to many parts of the world as it did many decades ago. When I was first exposed to aerial control of Desert Locust in the late 1960s, everything was being done to tackle the problem scientifically, with a collective and Regional approach. However, the recent past points towards a negation of this, because of a total disregard of the necessary manpower training. Unless a remedy is found soon the war will be won by the pests.
ISSN:0080-4622
2054-0280
DOI:10.1098/rstb.1990.0135