ABOUT PRIME

 

Pest Risk Identification and Management (PRIME) is a four-year project among the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) that aims to understand risk factors for pest outbreaks and identify appropriate management strategies and tactics to reduce crop losses. Five pests, which caused major crop losses in the Philippines, will be studied: blast (leaf and neck blast), bacterial leaf blight (BLB), rice tungro disease/ green leafhopper (GLH), brown planthopper (BPH) and rats.

 

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WHAT WE DO

PRIME Collect

Pest surveillance and field experiments

Remote sensing

Remote-sensing and mapping

Pest modelling

Pest modelling

ICT

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Pest identification

Capacity building

PRIME Management Team

Project management and coordination

PROJECT STRUCTURE

Project management and coordination

WP0: Project management and coordination

User requirements and evaluation

WP1: User requirements and evaluation

Field survey and experiments

WP2: Field survey and experiments

Remote sensing

WP3: Remote‑sensing‑based crop mapping and monitoring

Risk factor analysis for pest outbreaks

WP4: Risk factor analysis for pest outbreaks

Pest intelligence

WP5: Pest and disease risk intelligence

Capacity building

WP6: Capacity building

Sustainability plan

WP7: Sustainability plan

MAJOR PESTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Bacterial leaf blight
Leaf blast
Rats
brown planthopper
tungro and green leafhopper
Pest

EVENTS

PRIME eLearning
PRIME

PRIME Usability Assessment

March 2021

TRAININGS & MEETINGS

2021


Jan 20-21
Web Content Development Workshop
Online activity
Feb 2
PRIME Management Team (MT) Meeting, 1st Quarter
Online activity
April-June
National Harmonization Workshop for Pest Recommendations (Clusters)
To be announced
April
Development of PRIME Regional Sustainability Plan (Clusters)
Online activity
 
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