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Concurrent training workshops to be followed by R&P workshop
Ecological and Sociological Research Data Analyses
2 – 4 February 2012, Imperial Mae Ping Hotel, Chiangmai, Thailand
Review and Planning Workshop
6 – 7 February, 2012, Pornping Tower Hotel, Chiangmai, Thailand
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Rice Planthopper Problems and Insecticide Use – Data and Information Synthesis of Supply Chains, Yield Impacts, Pesticide Use and Misuse
14-15 December 2011
Fortuna Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) honors K.L. Heong
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) inducted Dr K.L. Heong into the Academy as a fellow in the TWAS Headquarters in Trieste, Italy on 21 November, 2011. The fellow’s certificate was presented to Dr Heong by the TWAS president Dr J. Palis in the 22nd General Meeting. TWAS is an autonomous international organization based in Trieste, Italy. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South.
Dr Heong was honored for his work in pest ecology, biodiversity and integrating science with psychology, communication sciences and social sciences to help rice farmers make better pest management decisions. In particular, his work with partners from the Philippines and Vietnam, using entertainment education and media campaigns motivated farmers to reduce insecticide use. The “Three Reductions, Three Gains” (Ba Giam Ba Tang) program that he helped initiate is now adopted by thousands of rice farmers in Vietnam.
In 2006 Dr Heong won the TWAS prize for agriculture and he also won the US Council for Agricultural Sciences and Technology (CAST) Charles Black Award for exemplary contributions to public understanding for food and agricultural sciences. His team has received several other honors, like the St Andrews Prize for Environment, the World Bank Marketplace Award, the Dubai International Award for “Best Practice”, the COM+ Communications Award for communicating Science for the People and the Planet Alliance for Communication for Sustainable Development and Vietnam’s Golden Rice Award twice.
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Geoffery Michael Gurr appointed Adjunct Professor of Zhejiang University, China
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Wen-Wu Zhou and Zeng-Rong Zhu, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University
On Oct. 26, 2011 the Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, China appointed Dr. Geoffery Michael Gurr adjunct professor of Zhejiang University. He manages an extensive research program in different crops and pests and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Entomological Society for his contribution to agricultural entomology. Geoff Gurr is a pioneer in ecological engineering and has numerous publications on ecological control of agricultural pests. In the last 5 years he has been collaborating with Professor Zeng-Rong Zhu (Deputy Director of Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University) and Professor Jiaan Cheng (former vice president of the University) in developing ecological engineering techniques for rice pests, especially the rice planthoppers Nilaparvata lugens, Laodelphax striatellus and Sogatella furcifera.
In the appointment ceremony Prof Gurr presented a lecture on “Ecological engineering in Rice: experimental design and data analysis”. and introduced some new methods in experimental design and data analysis.
During the ceremony, Professor Xue-Xin Chen, the deputy dean of College of Agriculture & Biotechnology and Director of Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, presented the Certificate of an Adjunct Professor.
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Ba Giam Ba Tang cited in Vietnamese News
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Training Workshop on Survey Data Processing and Analysis
19-20 September 2011
Boulevard Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Training on Rice Arthropod Biodiversity and Taxonomy
12-16 September 2011
Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Pathum Tani, Thailand
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Training and Planning Workshop on Advanced Methods in Toxicology and Insecticide resistance Monitoring
5 – 9 September 2011
Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ZAAS) Hangzhou, P.R China
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Training-workshop on rice arthropod biodiversity-ecological and sociological research methods
July 12-22, 2011, Yangon, Myanmar
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