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Laboratory Head (Insect Pest Control Laboratory), Seibersdorf, Austria Organization: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Country: Austria Field location:.
Laboratory Technician (Phytosanitary) (G3), Seibersdorf, Austria Organization: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Country: Austria Field location:.
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The Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications implements the IAEA’s Major Programme 2, Nuclear Techniques for Development and Environmental Protection . This Major Programme comprises individual programmes on food and agriculture, human health, water resources, environment and radiation technologies. These programmes are supported by laboratories in Seibersdorf, Monaco and Vienna. The Major Programme’s objective is to enhance the capacity of Member States to meet basic human needs and to assess and manage the marine and terrestrial environments through the use of nuclear and isotopic techniques in sustainable development programmes.
The Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture assists Member States of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the IAEA in using nuclear techniques and related technologies to improve food security, alleviate poverty and promote sustainable agriculture. The Joint D
07 January 2021
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A new infrared system is helping the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to speed up the sorting of male from female tsetse flies as the agency controls the breeding of the insect using irradiation. The tsetse is a bloodsucking insect found in sub-Saharan Africa which transmits a parasite that can be fatal to both animals and humans.
The sterile insect technique has been used successfully in places like Zanzibar, Tanzania to control the tsetse fly (Image: Pavlicek/ IAEA)
Fighting the tsetse fly using irradiation involves rearing and then releasing in the environment sterile male flies to mate with wild females producing no offspring, reducing the population over time. But sorting thousands of male flies from females every week, which is done by hand, is a tedious process , the IAEA said. A new technique and machine - developed by the IAEA in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - with an infrared, high-