Infographic - Mealybug threat to cassava production and food security in SE Asia, with special focus on Indonesia.

1. Mealybug Threat to Cassava
4m ha
cassava fields SE
ASIA
Starch trade: second biggest importer in the region
Import
Export
million $
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Pests and diseases in cassa-va
threaten food security,
rural livelihoods, and re-gional
economic activity.
Increased demand for cassava
from starch industry: noodles,
pharmaceuticals, sweeteners
Indonesia has the highest utilisation
directly as food in Asia – half is
directly consumed as a staple food
Up to US$20 billion saved by minute wasps in Africa in 1980s
=
200 times the cost of research and famine prevented for millions
First main pests
started appearing
around
2008
Mealybug was 1st reported
in 2008 in Thailand and
spread throughout Greater
Mekong sub-region.
8m 40m
household producers farmers
m = million
16 m in 2000
26.4 m in 2014
1 m
ha
INDONESIA
most important pro-ducing
country in SE Asia
Cassava production (tons):
of locally-grown
cassava
is used
as food
Cassava pest: Mealybug Natural parasitoid: Anagyrus lopezi wasp
In September 2014,
first field cage
release of 2000
wasps in
Indonesia:
biological
control and
first-phase
clamp-down
One of the most
destructive cas-sava
pests in
the world. Can
reduce yields by
84
%
58
%