Promoting an International Year of Plant Health in 2020

Tuesday 27 September, 18:00–19:30, Iran Room
 
About the event: The spread of pests into new areas is limiting agricultural production and hindering environmental protection, affecting food security, poverty alleviation, biosecurity and trade aspirations. National, regional and international plant health programmes need urgent intensification to keep up with the increased pest pressure. An International Year of Plant Health would rally public support to improve plant health systems and help address issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment.

Agenda
Opening remarks: Jingyuan Xia, Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat
Keynote Address: Ren Wang, Assistant Director-General, FAO Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
– Global perspectives of the IYPH 2020 (Ralf Lopian, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland)
– Regional perspectives of the IYPH 2020 (Mekki Chouibani, Executive Secretary of Near East Plant Protection Organization)
– National perspectives of the IYPH 2020 (Eric Robinson, Alternate Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Agencies of the United Nations)
– Government perspectives of the IYPH 2020 (Veli-Pekka Talvela, Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland)

Discussion Concluding Remarks: Jingyuan Xia

A cocktail will be held outside the Iran Room at the conclusion of the side event

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Twitter hashtags: #PlantHealth and #COAG25

Side event will be webcast