Mirpurkhas, Pakistan
10-16 July, 2000
Day/Date Time Module Activities Mon 10/7 0900-1000 Opening of course. Registration. Admin announcements Registration, distribution of materials 1030-1200 Introduction to course. Pre-course assessment Multiple choice paper 1200-1300 Participants experience of locust operations and the constraints to safe and effective locust management Discussions SURVEY (Cressman) 1400-1530 Why make surveys and how to plan and make them, who, where, when Classroom presentation + discussions 1600-1730 Desert Locust assessment (survey) and search Classroom presentation + discussions Tue 11/7 0830-1030 Different survey methods: foot, vehicle, aerial; measuring foot pace Classroom presentation + exercise + field demo 1100-1300 How to record survey results and relation to forecasting Classroom presentation + exercise 1400-1430 What equipment to take on survey Classroom presentation + discussions 1430-1530 How to use a map, compass and GPS 1600-1730 Continuation Classroom presentations + exercises + field demo Wed 12/7 0730-1300 Survey techniques in practice Field practical 1400-1530 Presentation of information collected during the survey Group presentations + discussion 1600-1730 What to do with information from the surveys - transmission and data management Discussions CONTROL (Dobson) Thr 13/7 0830-1030 The control process - a logical procedure. Is control necessary? Decisions on when and how. Discussions 1100-1300 Different targets and control technology options - pros, cons Swarm video and discussions 1400-1530 Different conventional pesticides and formulations. Toxicities, pictograms etc. Althernatives to conventional pesticides Discussions and toxicity calculations 1600-1730 Use of additional field equipment Demonstration and exercise Fri 14/7 0830-1030 Swath width exercise (vehicle and hand-held) sampling spray. Field practical 1100-1300 Counting drops, graphing deposition profiles, track spacing to use and work rate Indoor exercises and discussions 1400-1530 Droplet size and behaviour. VMD/NMD. Types of atomiser and the spectrum they produce Discussions and indoor practical 1600-1730 Continuation, and good and bad spraying conditions Discussions Sat 15/7 0830-1030 Sprayer calibration - what is it. Calibration calculations Indoor exercises 1100-1300 How to calibrate a sprayer and make settings (possibly including aircraft) Field practical 1400-1530 Principles and techniques of ULV spraying, demarcating and track guidance GPS technology for aerial and ground spraying Discussions 1600-1730 Monitoring operations and efficacy Indoor exercise + discussion Sun 16/7 0730-1300 Mock spraying exercise (aerial and ground) - demarcating, spraying, monitoring Field practical 1400-1500 Analysis of the mock spraying exercise and data collected Discussions 1600-1730 Course evaluation and post course assessment. Certificates and close. Multiple choice papers and close