A Regional Training on IPM for Fruit Flies under the auspices of the project Area-wide Fruit fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia€ was organized at the Southern Horticultural Research Institute, Tien Giang in Vietnam from 07 - 14 December 2010. Attendees (some 35 persons) included resource persons, country representatives from project implementation countries and other countries in South and SE Asia, representatives from partner institutes (FAO, BCRL India) and personnel from the host institute SOFRI and PPD of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam. The overall objective of the training was to provide participants with information, education and hands-on experiences on fruit fly IPM to prepare them to assist farming communities in developing location-specific and effective area-wide strategies for sustainable fruit fly management. The training course sessions were divided into learning blocks on: (1) Fruit Fly Species Diagnosis, Biology and Ecology; (2) Damage Symptoms Recognition and Assessment; (3) Management Options for Fruit Fly; (4) Design of Area-wide Best-bet Management Strategies for Fruit Fly; and (5) Training Curriculum and Materials Development.
