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Crop Protection Unit
About the Crop Protection Unit
Crops & Pasture Sub-Unit
Projects & Activities
Meetings & Events
Publications
Contacts
About
the Crop Protection Unit
The
Crop Protection Unit of RAFA focuses on the strengthening and enhancement
of crop protection capabilities, policies and programmes at national
and regional level, as a means for increasing agricultural production
for food security, whilst preserving the environment and conserving
biodiversity.
The
Crop Protection Unit focuses at the moment on two main areas; Pesticide
Management and Integrated Pest Management.
Projects
and Activities
1.
Technical backstopping and administrative support for field implementation
of national IPM Farmers Field Schools (FFS) projects. In 2000 assistance
on IPM/FFS has been given to Cameroon, Nigeria, Rwanda and Ghana.
2.
Assistance to the Pan Africa Striga Network, PASCON.
3.
Assistance to countries in the region on problems associated with
obsolete pesticides. An inventory on obsolete pesticides was carried
out in Ghana in 1999 to locate and determine stocks of unusable
pesticides in the country.
4.
Collaboration with the ECOWAS Secretariat on the publication of
Pesticide Management Newsletter for West Africa.
5.
Collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency in Ghana
on issues of pesticide legislation.
Meetings and Events
The
unit participated in the following national and international workshops
and conferences:
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Training Programme for Pesticide Inspectors and
Coordinators in Ghana organised by Plant Protection and Regulatory
Service Directorate. Accra, 5 - 9 June, 2000.
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FAO/UNEP Regional workshop on the Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade held in Nairobi, Kenya
13 - 16 June 2000.
-
Workshop on 'Safe Use of Pesticides' at
University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana 28 - 29 September
2000.
- 2nd Africa Regional IPM Meeting. Kenya.
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Workshop on 'Crop Protection Policy in Ghana' organised by GTZ
and Plant Protection and Regulatory Service Directorate. Accra,
Ghana 15 16 November, 2000.
Publications
FAO
RAF, 2000; Revised Inventory of Obsolete Pesticides in Ghana.
ECOWAS/FAO
RAF, 2000; Pesticide Management in West Africa (1), December.
Contacts & Links
Ghana
IPM Programme
Global IPM Facility
FAO
Pesticide Management
Obsolete Pesticides
FAO Regional Office for Africa
Mads Mourier
Associate Professional Officer
Pesticide Management/IPM
FAO Regional Office for Africa
P.O. Box 1628
Accra - Ghana
Phone: +233 21 701 09 30
Fax: +233 21 701 09 43
E-mail: Mads.Mourier@fao.org
Ghana IPM Programme
Prof. Kwame Afreh-Nuamah
National IPM Co-ordinator
National IPM Secretariat
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate
P.O. Box M.37
Accra - Ghana
Phone: +233 21 76 76 68
E-mail: Millicent.Atchurey@fao.org
Global IPM
Facility
Dr. Peter Kenmore
Co-ordinator, Global IPM Facility
Plant Protection Service
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome - Italy
Phone: +39.0657051
E-mail: Peter.Kenmore@fao.org
Kevin Gallagher
Senior IPM Officer
Global IPM Facility
Plant Protection Service
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome - Italy
Phone: +39.0657051
E-mail: Kevin.Gallagher@fao.org
FAO Pesticide
Management
Gero Vaagt
Senior Officer, Pesticide Management
Plant Protection Service
Food and Agriculture Organization
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel: 39 06 570 55757 / 52753 / 53441
Fax: 39 06 570 56347
E-mail: Gero.Vaagt@fao.org
Obsolete
Pesticides
Alemayehu Wodageneh
Chief Technical Advisor
Prevention and disposal of obsolete pesticides
Plant Protection Service
Food and Agriculture Organization
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Tel: 39 06 570 55757 / 52753 / 53441
Fax: 39 06 570 56347
E-mail: Alemayehu.Wodageneh@fao.org
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