SIT saves Mexico from Mediterranean fruit fly

摘要

A swift and effective emergency response, building on years of IAEA assistance, is helping the Mexican state of Colima to avoid significant economic damage from an outbreak of the Mediterranean fruit fly, also called medfly.Responding to a request forsupport from the Mexican government, the IAEA, in cooperation with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has over the last 13 months assisted national plant protection authorities in Colima in bringing the outbreak towardsan end. Assistance has included developing and providing guidance for the execution of an emergency action plan using a nuclear technique which serves as a birth control for pests.