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PEST MAAGE:.NT/WEED
COROL SPECIALIST(S)
ANNEX IV
Exhibit 6(-1
Page 1 of i
- SCOPE OF WOM
will assist long term Specialist ceam for
Specialist(s)
to upgrade the capacity of GOG instituticui.
five person months
to plan and execute programq in pest management on crops and
adopting more efficient weed control
plant products and in
methods. Specialist(s) will be sequenced for three to five
agreed upon the GRB, t g and the long
time periods as needed and
term Specialists.
Specialist(s) should have extensive field experience in the
practical application of pest management programs, including
weed control, on tropical rice and food crops.
Tasks include:
programs to
1. Assist appropriate Project personnel on
improve operations for suvey, identification and evaluation
of plant pest outbreaks; and on the selection and application
of cultural, biological, chemical and/or mechanical control
or eradication methods.
for host country
2. Participate in training programs
adaptive research, extension and pest management specialists which
will improve their capacibility in overseeing pest control programs
well as
rice and food crops. This includes storage pest as
on
rodent control.
Assess the environmental, economic and practical aspects
3.
of herbicide and insecticide usage in Project area on the
crops and stored food products.
growing
Promote the concept of integrated pest management systems,
4.
where feasible, including improved practices of cultivation and
environmental sanitation which reduce the use of chemicals.