Water hyacinth
Practical Action
http://solstice.crest.org/common/crestinfo.shtml
Website for the Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology.
Information on digestion of water hyacinth
http://veghome.ucdavis.edu/AquaticWeed/About.htm
The Aquatic Weed Control Research Laboratory, California, USA.
In March 1997, a meeting was held of the newly formed International Water Hyacinth Consortium
at the World Bank in Washington. The following is a list of organisations that took part (with
contact name given).
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Office of International Research
Programs
BARC-West, Building 005
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA
Tel: 301-504-5605 Fax: 301-504-5298
E-mail: arb@ars.usda.gov
Contact: A. Rick Bennett
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
South Atlantic Area
Russell Research Center
950 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30604 USA
Tel: 706-546-3311 Fax: 706-546-3398
E-mail: breezer@ars.usda.gov
Contact: Roger Breeze
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Program Staff
BARC-West, Building 005, Room 220
Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
Tel: 301-504-5930 Fax: 301-504-5467
E-mail: ric@ars.usda.gov
Contact: Ray Carruthers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Aquatic Plant Control Research
3205 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 USA
Tel: 954-475-0541 Fax: 954-476-9169
E-mail: tcenter@netrunner.net
Contact: Ted Center
Plant Pathology Department
1453 Fifield Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-0680 USA
Tel: 352-392-7240 Fax: 352-392-6532
E-mail: rc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Contact: R. Charudattan
World Bank, Environmental Department
Room No. S 5-117
1818 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: 202-458-1994
Contact: Rafik Hirji
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization (CSIRO)
Division of Entomology
Private Mail Bag No. 3
Indooroopilly, 4068 Queensland
Australia
Tel: 61 7 3214 2805
Fax: 61 7 3214 2885
E-mail: mic@brs.ento.csiro.au
Contact: Mic Julien
African Bureau-USAID/AFR/SD
Washington, DC 20523-0089 USA
Tel: 703-235-3826 Fax: 703-235-3805
E-mail: wknausenberger@usaid.gov
Contact: Walter Knausenberger
Weed and Plant Protection Officer
Plant Protection Service
FAO, v. terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
Tel: 396-522-54079 Fax: 396-522-56347
E-mail: ricardo.labrada@fao.org
Contact: Ricardo Labrada
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
IITA-Benin, 08 B.P. 0932 Tri Postal
Cotonou, Benin
Tel: 229-350-553 Fax: 229-350-556
E-mail: c.lomer@gnet.com
Contact: Chris Lomer
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