Inception Workshop AREA-WIDE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT FLIES IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES 1 – 3 September 2010, AIT Bangkok, Thailand Prabhat Kumar, Coordinator & IPM Expert Agriculture Systems & Engineering FOS School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
Outline Objective Attendance Schedule Expected outputs Other logistics 2
Overall objectives To share highlights of accomplishments and challenges of previous and ongoing research and development projects; To share experiences of innovative and latest management options for clean and safe fruit fly management and its adoption at farmers’ level; To share the country strategy and work plans along with monitoring and evaluation plans and budget requirements; To strengthen regional networking on matters concerning Fruit Fly IPM research and development in context of ongoing IPM efforts. 3
Participation Country teams Resource persons FAO, BCRL, AIT 4
Schedule Day 1: ◦ Welcome session ◦ Plenary session ◦ Country reports Day II ◦ Planning and budget Dr. Prabhat Kumar, ASE, AIT5
Expected outputs Sharing of latest information on fruit flies in a regional perspective Invasive pests in the region Development of SMART work plan Time-frame, regional co-operation plans Technical support needs 6
Thank you More through: Dr. Prabhat Kumar