infographic - mealybug threat to cassava in se asia

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Starch trade: second biggest importer in the region

Pests and diseases in cassa-va threaten food security, rural livelihoods, and re-gional economic activity.

Mealybug Threat to Cassava

Increased demand for cassava from starch industry: noodles, pharmaceuticals, sweeteners

Indonesia has the highest utilisation directly as food in Asia – half is directly consumed as a staple food

Up to US$20 billion saved by minute wasps in Africa in 1980s =

200 times the cost of research and famine prevented for millions

2008

First main pests started appearing around

Mealybug was 1st reported in 2008 in Thailand and spread throughout Greater Mekong sub-region.

4m ha cassava fields

SE ASIA

8m 40mhousehold producers farmers

m = million16 m in 2000 26.4 m in 2014

1 mha

INDONESIAmost important pro-ducing country in SE Asia

Cassava production (tons):

of locally-grown

is used as food

cassava

Cassava pest: Mealybug Natural parasitoid: Anagyrus lopezi wasp

In September 2014, first field cage

release of 2000 wasps in

Indonesia: biological

control and first-phase

clamp-down

One of the most destructive cas-sava pests in the world. Can reduce yields by

84%

58%