Plant Production and Protection

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12/2022

The 2021 Annual Report – Plant Production and Protection provides in-depth information, key facts and figures from the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP).

Annual ReportPlant ProductionPlant ProtectionSustainability
12/2022

The IYM communication handbook and toolkit provides background about the IYM objectives, slogan, theme, facts, key messages, calls for action and visual identity, in addition to calling for the submission of human interest stories, providing a communications toolkit and highlighting ways to get engaged in IYM celebrations.

Communication ToolkitInternational Year of Millets 2023IYM2023Millets
11/2022

This leaflet is a simple overview of the Green Cities Initiative that focuses on improving the urban environment, strengthening urban-rural linkages and the resilience of urban systems, services and populations to external shocks.

Agrifood systemsSustainabilitySustainable Agrifood SytemsUrban and peri-urban AgricultureUrban greening
Locusts and Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases
10/2022

Over the years, FAO has played a fundamental role in tackling plant pests and diseases worldwide, including locusts. This publication is designed to provide technical officers, stakeholders, policymakers and donors with a better understanding of FAO's role in tackling transboundary plant pests and diseases (TPPDs), including FAO's actions and instruments for TPPDs early warning, prevention, and control.

LocustsPest managementTransboundary Pest
Manual for the implementation of environmental, health, and safety standards for the control of locusts
07/2022

The Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for the control of the Desert Locust define the procedures that should be followed in a Desert Locust control campaign to minimize the impact of the use of insecticides on human health and the environment.

LocustsSafety StandardsStandards