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