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FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division (AGP) promotes Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production. This approach requires the integration and harmonization of all appropriate crop production policies and practices aimed at increasing crop productivity in a sustainable manner, thereby meeting key millennium development goals aimed at reducing hunger and preserving the natural resources and environment for future use. The focus of our activities are to develop and strengthen

  • effective and strategic decisions that increase crop production using an ecosystem approach
  • national capacities to monitor and to respond effectively to transboundary and other important outbreak pests
  • policies and technologies appropriate to needs of a country and/or region to reduce negative impact of pesticides
  • conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources with strong linkages between conservation, plant breeding and seed sector development.

 

What is happening in and around Plant Production and Protection?

Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources

Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The plant genetic diversity is the biological basis of food security and supports the livelihoods of every person on Earth. The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) is essential to ensure agriculture production and meet...[more]
  • South and Southeast Asia Discussion on Plant Breeding Capacity Wraps Up
  • Seed Alliance WIthout Boundaries (SAWIB)
  • New Regional Seed Association for Central Asia and the Caucasus

    • Sustainable Crop Production Intensification

    Current world fertilizer trends and outlook to 2013

    This report presents the world N, P and K fertilizer medium-term supply and demand projections for the period 2008–2013. It is the fruit of a collective task of a Working Group of Fertilizer Organizations which meet annually at the FAO.After 5 years of sustained demand and...[more]
  • Chad: development of dihe for vulnerable populations
  • Hunger in the World - is the current way of doing farming still up to date?
  • Double Cropping and Fodder Production in Tibet

    • Plant Production and Climate Change

    Workshop on the Role of Grassland Carbon Sequestration in Mitigation

    A Workshop held at FAO 15-17 April 2009. Grasslands occupy around half of the ice free land area of the world but are currently excluded from carbon trading despite the significant emission reduction and carbon storage potential. Livestock systems are often associated with...[more]
  • Potential of Conservation Agriculture systems for mitigating Climate Change
  • Conservation Agriculture Carbon Offset Consultation

    • International Treaties, Conventions, Advisory Bodies

    Third Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    The Third Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will bring together in Tunis, from 1 to 5 June 2009 more than 300 participants to discuss about the future regulation and implementation of the Multilateral...[more]
  • "Road-blocks" for plant pests moving with international trade
  • 4th Meeting of Conference of the Parties to Rotterdam Convention

    • Pest and Pesticide Management

    Desert locust outbreak in Mauritania - Situation assessment, forecasts and measures envisaged

    The situation is under control and closely followed by FAO and CLCPRO The National Center for Locust Control (CNLA) of Mauritania is continuing land operations of survey and control in the central and western central regions of the country on larval aggregates and fledglings....[more]
  • Acting together against banana diseases in Africa
  • Wasp controls pest threatening Ethiopia’s tree plantations
  • Red Locust disaster in Eastern Africa prevented

    • Horticulture and Industrial Crops

    The All Africa Horticulture Congress

    The first All Africa Horticulture Congress (AAHC) took place in Nairobi-Kenya from 31 August to 3 September 2009. The Congress in itself was a great success for the many participants who attended (some 450 originating from 35 countries), but also for the variety of issues...[more]
  • Good Agricultural Practices for Greenhouse Systems
  • Fruit Nurseries in Amhara and Tigray Regions
  • International Year of the Potato exhibition in FAO atrium

    • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Pollination Information Management System launched

    FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division has launched a new website for its "Global Action on Pollination Services for Sustainable Agriculture".In addition to documents, case studies and glossary, this website also provides an interactive internet resource, the Pollination...[more]
  • Rapid Assessment of Pollinators' Status: A Contribution to the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators
  • New ecosystem approach based project: wild pollinators for food production
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