Presentations made at the Seminar on Coffee Berry Borer
Tuesday, 17 March 2009

The views expressed at the Seminar are the speakers’ own and do not represent ICO policy.

Overview of the results of an ICO project to combat the CBB

• Dr Peter Baker, Project Development Coordinator, CABI Bioscience
  General overview of status and impact of the CBB
  
  
• Mr Caleb Dengu, First Project Manager, Common Fund for Commodities
  Overview of results of ICO project to combat the CBB, including information
  available from the preliminary impact assessment of the CFC

Developments in measures to combat the CBB

• Dr Fernando E. Vega, Research Entomologist, Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture
  • The CBB, Hypothenemus hampei: a short review with recent findings and future research directions: Presentation l Paper
  • Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes (paper)
  • Inoculation of coffee plants with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (paper)
    
    
• Dr Juliana Jaramillo, Visiting Scientist, African Insect Science for Food and Health (ICIPE)
  • Back to Africa: understanding the biology and biological control of the coffee berry borer (presentation)
  • Some Like It Hot: The Influence and Implications of Climate Change on Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei) and Coffee Production in East Africa (paper)
  • Thermal tolerance of the Coffee Berry Borer (paper)
  • Development of an improved laboratory production technique for the coffee berry borer (paper)
  • Ecological implications of sampling strata in determining abundance and impact of
    natural enemies of the coffee berry borer (paper)
  • Molecular diagnosis of a previously unreported predator-prey association in coffee (paper)
    
    
• Dr Cesar Augusto Domingues Teixeira, Researcher, EMBRAPA, Brazil
  Results obtained from research into the control of the CBB in Robusta coffee: English l Portuguese
  
  
• Dr Francisco Infante, Researcher, Department of Tropical Entomology, ECOSUR, Mexico
  • Latin American natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, with emphasis on the nematode
    Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi (presentation)
  • Metaparasitylenchus hypothenemi, a parasite of the coffee berry borer (paper)
    
    

Regional issues

• Dr Gabriel Cadena, Director of the National Coffee Research Centre, CENICAFE, Colombia
  Coffee Berry Borer in Latin America and the Caribbean - Advances in Colombia
  
  
• Dr Africano Kangire, Director of Research, National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda
  Status and Current Research Strategies for Management of the Coffee Berry Borer in Africa
  Presentation l Summary of presentation l Paper
  
  
• Dr P. K. Vinod Kumar, Head, Division of Entomology, Coffee Board of India
  Two decades of managing the coffee berry borer - India's experience
  Presentation l Paper
  
  
• Dr Surip Mawardi, Researcher, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute
  Recent status of Coffee Berry Borer in Indonesia
  

Additional contributions

• H.M. Mugo and J.K.Kimemia, Coffee Research Foundation, Kenya
  The Coffee berry borer in Eastern Africa region: the extent of spread, damage and management systems
  Presentation l Paper
  
  
• Bernard Pierre Dufour, CIRAD, France
  Coffee berry borer triple-action integrated pest management
  Presentation: English - French l Paper