John Mumford Research to Impact Seminar

Insect Pest Control: From Research to Application to Sustainable Impact

Walther Enkerlin of the United Nations Joint FAO/IAEA Centre

Globally some insect species threaten human and animal health and biodiversity directly and by vectoring diseases. This Seminar illustrates how large area, precision control of pests of agriculture, environment and people changes the future for those communities involved. Dr Enkerlin shares how, after Bachelors and Masters degrees from Mexican universities, his PhD at Imperial embedded the concept of strategic decision making as a framework for his career, including the economics of insect pest control for national, regional and international campaigns. His joint research with the late Prof Mumford resulted in a Benefit-Cost Analysis tool that is widely applied to estimate the return on investment of pest control options including the area-wide sterile insect technique (SIT). The basics of SIT as well as case studies of large-scale pest control interventions based on prospective economic analysis or confirmed through retrospective analysis, are recounted to demonstrate the impact of multidisciplinary research at what is now the Centre for Environmental Policy.

Date: Thursday, 2 October 2025

Time: 17:00 (Talk and Q&A)

Venue: SAFB G34, followed by refreshments in the Weeks Building

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