Caring about plant health
06/12/2019
The International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH2020) is an opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development.
The occasion of the official launch of the IYPH2020 at FAO headquarters on 2 December is a chance to discover some of FAO’s key publications on the subject.
- International Year of Plant Health − Protecting plants, protecting life
This brochure demonstrates that using environmentally friendly ways of dealing with pests to protect plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. - International Year of Plant Health – Communications guide
The publication provides guidelines for an action-oriented campaign on the International Year of Plant Health that will be targeted to specific audiences including: the general public; farmers; government and policy makers; and the private sector. - The international Code of Conduct for the sustainable use and management of fertilizers
This document promotes the benefits of utilizing fertilizers, preserving the soil by minimizing soil erosion, and employing consistent, sustainable soil management practices. - Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize
This guide supports Farmer Field Schools in the integrated and sustainable management of the Fall Armyworm in Africa, with an emphasis on maize, and provides recommendations on how to build a training programme for rural advisory services. - Guide for establishing and maintaining pest free areas
This guide provides information to facilitate safe trade and improve the phytosanitary status of a country in the context of pests and on how to create environments that are safe from the potential dangers that pests carry. - World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2022
Medium-term world supply and demand projections for nitrogen, phosphate and potassium fertilizer for the period 2016−2022.
Further reading
- International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) guide to pest risk communication
- Global situation of pesticide management in agriculture and public health − Report of a 2018 WHO–FAO survey
- Managing pesticides in agriculture and public health
- Guidelines for the prevention, eradication and containment of Xylella fastidiosa in olive-growing areas
- Pesticide residues in food 2018. Evaluations 2018 − Part 1: Residues
- Pesticide residues in food 2018. Joint FAO/WHO meeting on pesticide residues – Report 2018
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Sustainable approaches for plant health
- Sustainable agricultural mechanization. A framework for Africa
- FAO’s work on agroecology
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