| EMPRES Contingency Planning Seminar: Programme Part 1. Outbreak and early upsurge campaigns
| Day 1 | | - Finding and treating hopper patches: can this be done?
| (field exercise, analysis of results) | | Day 2 | | - General assessment of day 1
- Spraying a hopper patch: is a handheld Microulva or a Herbi sprayer better?
- Outbreak control: which method to use?
- The inputs and outputs of an outbreak campaign: what is required and can be achieved?
| (discussion)
(field exercise, analysis of results and discussion)
(group and general discussion)
(computer spreadsheet) | | Day 3 | | - General assessment of day 2
- Outbreak and early upsurge environmental requirements and forecasting
| (discussion)
(talk led by K. Cressman) |
Part 2. Plague campaigns
| Day 3 (cont.) | | - Marking and spraying a one hectare band: how long does this take and is spray coverage adequate?
| (field exercise, analysis) | | Day 4 | | - Contingency plans for an outbreak campaign
- The plague campaign problem
- Spraying a band by vehicle mounted sprayer: problems and solutions?
- Conclusions of spraying a hopper band
- ULV spraying
- ULV block spraying: can blocks be delimited?
| (discussion led by C. Elliott)
(talk led by P. Symmons)
(computer simulation)
(discussion)
(field demo, analysis, results, computer simulation)
(computer simulation, conclusions) | | Day 5 | | - ULV block spraying: can blocks be delimited?
- Control methods for a plague campaign
- Comparing different plague control methods: what is required and can be achieved?
| (field exercise, conclusions)
(talk led by P. Symmons)
(computer spreadsheet, discussion) | | Day 6 | | - General assessment of day 5
- A plague campaign simulation
| (discussion)
(group exercise) | | Day 7 | | - A plague campaign simulation
- The role of FAO, DLIS and donors
| (results, conclusion)
(discussions led by C. Elliott, K. Cressman, A. van Huis) | | | (discussion led by A. van Huis) |
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