countries to adapt and utilize new technologies, on the 

 other hand, particularly in the fields of pest and 

 disease management. Thus U.S. assistance could 

 usefully help developing countries strengthen their 

 capabilities in these fields. The unique ecological, 

 economic, and cultural situations of each nation need 

 special attention. Nearly every developing nation 

 needs assistance in devising and implementing 

 integrated pest management systems that involve minimal 

 use of expensive pesticide imports and that will not 

 harm the environment. 



To illustrate, a collaborative program might: 



Identify scientists in developing countries who are 

 trained in fields related to pest and disease 

 control for crops and livestock, establish linkages 

 with them, and determine their needs for developing 

 effective in-country programs for breeding new 

 suitable strains of crops and livestock and for 

 devising other pest management practices. 

 Help these scientists identify and rank by priority 

 the major pest problems in each country, keeping in 

 mind how control of particular pests would affect 

 the country's economy and food supply, and the 

 potential for solving each problem with available 

 technologies . 



— Initiate research and action programs on high 

 priority problems; U.S. scientists could work as 

 needed with local scientists. 



Identify additional training needed for local 

 scientists and conduct training programs with 

 emphasis on in-country training. Limited numbers 

 of scientists could be trained at more advanced 

 levels in the United States or other countries. To 

 further strengthen in-country training, cooperative 

 relationships should be developed between 

 appropriate U.S. agricultural universities and 

 comparable institutions in developing countries. 



— Provide products such as environmentally safe 

 pesticides for field trials, work out feasible 

 combinations of cultural practices that secure 

 maximum benefits from such products, and help 

 develop suitable distribution networks for 

 appropriate products. 



— Solicit support from local and international 

 pesticide and medicinal industries for appropriate 

 phases in the foregoing program. 



We also recommend that the United States provide 

 more support for building worldwide collections of germ 

 plasm for crop plants. Germ plasm that possess unique 

 resistances to specific pests should be assembled and 

 preserved. Mechanisms are continuously being 



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