Sterile insects to enhance agricultural development: the case of sustainable tsetse eradication on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, using an area-wide integrated pest management approach

Marc J B Vreysen; Khalfan Saleh; Furaha Mramba; Andrew Parker; Udo Feldmann; Victor A Dyck; Atway Msangi; Jérémy Bouyer

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002857

Sterile insects to enhance agricultural development: the case of sustainable tsetse eradication on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, using an area-wide integrated pest management approach

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 May 29;8(5):e2857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002857. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Marc J B Vreysen¹, Khalfan Saleh², Furaha Mramba³, Andrew Parker¹, Udo Feldmann⁴, Victor A Dyck⁵, Atway Msangi⁶, Jérémy Bouyer⁷

Affiliations

¹ Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria.
² Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
³ Vector and Vector Borne Diseases Research Institute, Tanga, Tanzania.
⁴ Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Retired, Independent Researcher, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Vector and Vector Borne Diseases Research Institute, Tanga, Tanzania; Livestock Research, Training & Extension, Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁷ Unité Mixte de Recherche Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France; Unité Mixte de Recherche 1309 Contrôle des Maladies Animales Exotiques et Emergentes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), Montpellier, France; Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Laboratoire National d'Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires, Dakar-Hann, Sénégal.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Cattle
Female
Humans
Infertility, Male / genetics*
Male
Pest Control, Biological / methods*
Pest Control, Biological / statistics & numerical data*
Tanzania
Trypanosomiasis, African* / epidemiology
Trypanosomiasis, African* / prevention & control
Trypanosomiasis, African* / veterinary
Tsetse Flies / genetics*

Grants and funding

The project was financed by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, IAEA, FAO, and various donors including Belgium, Canada, China, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the OPEC Fund for International Development. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.