GUATEMALA LAND OF ETERNAL SPRING

Ing. Carlos Soto Litera Director Programa Moscamed

Coordinador Programa Moscafrut MAGA-OIRSA

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AMONG THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA, THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND MEXICO FOR THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, SUPPRESSION

AND ERADICATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY AND OTHER ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT

FRUIT FLIES.

MOSCAMED PROGRAM

No. Hosts Reference

75 Quaintance (1912)

52 Silvestri (1914)

72 Back & Pemberton (1918)

132 Quayle (1941)

256 Weems (1981)

312 Several(1985)

353 Liquido et al. (1991)

372 Liquido et al. (1998)

418 Including 46 reported by Copeland et al (2002) in Kenya

THE MEDFLY Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) WORLDWIDE REPORTED HOST PLANTS

Canada

United States of America

Mexico

Belize

Chile

Guatemala

MEDFLY PEST FREE AREAS AND COUNTRIES IN AMERICA

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES - MOSCAMED

To protect the pest-free areas in Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and Belize, eradicating transient pest entries into pest-free areas and suppressing fertile events in low prevalence areas. To support preventive release programs in the United States. To support vegetable and fruit export protocols and the establishment, declaration, and recognition of new Medfly-free and low-prevalence areas in Guatemala.

To strengthen and expand the Program for the eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Guatemala and the other countries of Central America.

FREE AREA STATUS – MOSCAMED PROGRAM

Area km² Phytosanitary Status

Petén

29,500 Reconocida internacionalmente por Estados Unidos y México

Los Huista

2,287 Declarada oficialmente por el MAGA y en proceso de reconocimiento internacional

Salcajá 710

Champerico-Ocos 1,074 Declarada oficialmente por el MAGA

Resto del área libre

14,472 Reconocida internamente por el Programa MOSCAMED

Total 48,043 km²

44% of the territory of

Guatemala 64 % of the work area

Free area 48,043 Km²

Low Prevalence area 9,454 Km²

Supression area 12,566 Km²

Total area = 70,063 Km²

MEDFLY FREE AREAS IN GUATEMALA

DETECTION

JACKSON FASE IV

PANEL AMARILLO C & C

TRAPPING

FRUIT SAMPLING

TECHNICAL ACTIVITITIES FOR PEST FREE AREAS MAINTENANCE

CONTROL

AERIAL SPRAYS GROUND SPRAYS

BAIT STATIONS MECHANICAL CONTROL

LEGAL CONTROL

SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRECISE LOCATION OF THE PEST

Sites where Medfly is detected are registered by satellite coordinates which allows to exactly define the control actions.

ADULT IDENTIFICATION LABORATORY

The correct identification of the copulated pairs is carried out through the

fluorescent dye tagging, using the micro-epifluorescent equipment.

WILD FLY STERILE FLY

IDENTIFICATION OF WILD AND STERILE FLIES

PEST DETECTION BY FRUIT SAMPLING

Fruits are placed in a bag

Fruit is dissected to look for Medfly

larvae

Samples of the fruit are transferred to the

laboratory of immature stages

Coffee sampling is also carried out

Larvae are identified and the place of origin

is determined

The place where the sample is taken

is geolocated

Fruits are gathered from the trees

Samples are placed in suitable

environments

Pick up

Gator Manual pump Motorized pump ATVs

After locating the presence of the pest, ground sprays are carried out with GF-120 NF Naturalyte 0.02 CB, a natural origin product, certified for use in organic agriculture.

GROUND SPRAYS

The product attracts the fly

BAIT STATIONS

GF 120 Bait Station

BS are installed as part of ground control activities in urban or suburban areas and in dispersed hosts, also in coffee mills.

Wax Bait Station

AERIAL RELEASE TECHNOLOGY

FLIGHT SUPERVISION & ANALYSIS

THE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE (SIT) IN THE FRUIT FLIES ERADICATION PRODUCTION AND AIR RELEASE PROCESS

Autocidal control is the use of sterile insects to

control their own species, taking

advantage of the copulations of Medflies

and reducing pest populations.

STERILE MEDFLY PRODUCTION AT EL PINO FACILITIES IN GUATEMALA

Thermal treatment Larval development

Larvae collection

Breeders

Pintado

Pupation

Irradiation

Packing & Transport

This plant produces 900 million pupae per week for the Regional Program. It is the largest facility in the world for the production of sterile insects, ISO certified since 2007, under ISO 9001:2000

Egg seeding Copulation Male/Female

COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE MEDFLY PROGRAM, THROUGH SENDING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OR TECHNICAL SUPPORT (IN GREEN)

USA California 113.31 Million / Week 1998 - 2017

Florida 94.81 Million / Week 1998 - 2017

Mexico Pupae 16,467.76 Million / Week 1999 - 2006

Egg 70 liter/week (Thermally treated egg) 2010 - 2017

Israel 3,999.56 Million / Week 1998 - 2006

South Africa 337.48 2000 - 2003

Hawaii 10.00 Million / Week 2001

Argentina 1107.07 Million / Week 2001 - 2002

Honduras 90.24 Million / Week 2014

Dominican Republic 4,114.586 Million / Week 2015 - 2017

STERILE MEDFLY RELEASE

AIRSTRIP NASA, RETALHULEU

El Pino

Retalhuleu

Tapachula

AIRSTRIP LA PASTORIA, BARBERENA CHILLED ADULT PACKING CENTER, EL PINO

CHILLED ADULT PACKING CENTER IN RETALHULEU, GUATEMALA.

RELEASING BLOCKS

AERIAL RELEASE

Autocidal control is the use of sterile insects to

control their own species, taking

advantage of the copulations of Medflies

and reducing pest populations.

2. Vehicle entrance

3. Information to vehicle passengers

1. Vehicle selection

4. Vehicle inspection

SELECTIVE INSPECTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MAKE EFFICIENT THE PROCESS OF REVISION IN THE QUARANTINE POSTS

Outreach campaign to reach the target population area.

Pest monitoring in the coffee-growing area and

other sites.

Bait spray eradication system using GF-120 NF Naturalyte 0.02 CB and

other methods of control.

Sterile insect rearing and production

Sterile insect release to reach eradication.

Regulation of host fruit movement from

infested areas into free areas.

GRADUAL ADVANCE PLAN STRATEGY

GAP tools: Geographical Information System (GIS).

35,639 Km² AREA LIBRE

39,618 Km² AREA LIBRE

42,672 Km² AREA LIBRE

44,249 Km² AREA LIBRE

46,495 Km² AREA LIBRE

3,979 Km²

INCREASE

3,054 Km²

INCREASE

1,574 Km²

INCREASE

2,246 Km²

INCREASE

33% of the country

36% of the country

39% of the country

41% of the country

43% of the country 2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

48,043 Km² AREA LIBRE

44% of the country

2015

1,548 Km²

INCREASE

YEAR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 & 2017

% ADVANCE 33% 36% 39% 41% 43% 44% 44%

ADVANCE Km² 35,639 39,618 42,672 44,249 46,495 48,043 48,043

2016

48,043 Km² AREA LIBRE

44% of the country

48,043 Km² AREA LIBRE

44% of the country

2017

INCREASE OF MEDFLY FREE AREAS

SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MOSCAMED PROGRAM

THE MOSCAMED PROGRAM OPENS FRUIT MARKET

INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF GUATEMALAN PAPAYA

GUATEMALAN ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS

The increase in the commercialization of this product is a direct result of the work of the Mediterranean Fly Program (Moscamed) in the northern region of the country, which today allows domestic producers to compete in the US market with high quality papayas, highlighted the agricultural sector manager of AGEXPORT, Carlos Salazar.

BENEFITS OF MEDFLY PEST ERADICATION

EXPORTS OF PAPAYA, TOMATO, CHILE, MANGO TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER DESTINATIONS

US DOLLARS

8,688,077

58,939,584

0 10,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000 40,000,000 50,000,000 60,000,000 70,000,000

2005

2017

Data as of November 2017

534 827 1,489

3,809 2,577

5,519 6,564

8,849

13,219

11,129

18,646

26,794

36,336

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5000

10000

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20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TREND OF PAPAYA EXPORTS (IN TONS)

Fuente: PIPA, comercio exterior por inciso arancelario BANGUAT

OTHER BENEFITS BEE-KEEPING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER

• TRAINING

• TECHNICAL BEE-KEEPING ASSISTANCE

• DIAGNOSTICS

• LABORATORY

• BEE PRODUCTION QUEEN

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING IN GUATEMALA

COUNTRIES

Brazil Austria

Chile Peru

Costa Rica Mauritania

Spain Senegal

South Africa Sri Lanka

Honduras Thailand

Mauritius Vietnam

Israel Zambia

Mexico Argentina

Nicaragua Bangladesh

Panama Bulgaria

USA Burkina Faso

El Salvador Chad

Belize China

Bolivia Ethiopia

Egypt Ghana

Croatia Libya

Montenegro Malawi

TECHNICIANS ALL AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY THE MOSCAMED PROGRAM ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Croacia España Nicaragua Chad Panamá

Honduras Perú Costa Rica Estados Unidos

Israel

El Salvador

Burkina Faso Etiopia

The MOSCAMED Program, through shared efforts, continues working to achieve pest-free fruit production.

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