Project activities
Through the STOSAR project, FAO is supporting the SADC Secretariat to develop the long-term capacities of Member States by strengthening the management of agricultural information systems, and control of five emerging transboundary plant pests and diseases; Tuta absoluta, Fall armyworm, Fruit fly, Maize lethal Necrotic disease, and Banana Fusarium wilt, as well as, three high-impact transboundary animal diseases namely; foot and mouth disease, peste des petits ruminants and highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Overall, the project aims to strengthen regional integration, promote sustainable agricultural and socio-economic growth, improve access to markets, facilitate trade, and enhance food and nutrition security within the SADC region.
Agricultural information
An effective agricultural information management system (AIMS) provides policy makers, planners and economic players’ access to reliable and timely information that is necessary for policy development, emergency preparedness, planning, and decision making in the context of programme management...[more]
Plant health
Effective control and management of transboundary plant pests of economic importance can be achieved through development and implementation of harmonised pest management strategies that are aligned with regional and international agreements...[more]
Animal health
Livestock support the livelihoods, food and nutrition security and provide an important pathway out of poverty for at least 42 per cent of people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). STOSAR aims to address challenges that constrain access to markets and trade opportunities in the SADC region including the presence of trade sensitive transboundary diseases…[more]