• Rice (Oryza sativa)/ ESP / Pheromone / Chilo suppresalis
• Crop protection in Spanish nature reserve requires environmentally friendly and specific control method for lepidopteran pest

• Technical result: Since 2006 the pest is fully controlled by mating disruption (over 16.000 ha,) avoiding the use of 58.000 L of synthetic insecticides each year used previously
• Economic result: Use of mating disruption allows to continue a very important economic activity (such as the rice cultivation) in an area which has been declared a natural reserve ,additionally, important for tourism in the region
• Sustainability (ecological, social and economical) Gains:

• • Elimination of pollution and reliance on chemical pesticides, in nature reserve area
    
  • Increased biodiversity enabling resilient rice cropping systems
    
  • Enables regenerative land use practices: combining agricultural production and nature reserve
  • Enables good animal welfare
    

• • Enables worker and consumer health and wellbeing
    
  • Promotes quality nutritious rice production
    
  • Demonstrates good governance
    

• • Supports farmers’ livelihood and value distribution
    
  • Improvement of financial viability