The Ministers of Agriculture of the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) met in order to discuss joint actions to prevent and control the spread of the Fusarium R4T outbreak that recently appeared in an organic banana plot in [...]

On April 12, the Peruvian National Service of Agricultural Safety (SENASA) has officially confirmed the presence of Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in a 0.5-hectare farm at Querecotillo district of Sullana province in the Piura department of Peru. Subsequently, the [...]

SENASA's Plant Health Diagnosis Center Unit has confirmed a POSITIVE Result for the PCR and Sequencing tests for Fusarium TR4 in Piura region.

On 9 March, COLEACP and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a webinar with the FAO-led World Banana Forum: “Banana fusarium wilt TR4 – an overview of distribution and impact, and the essential biosecurity measures needed for [...]

The world’s most popular fruit is under siege. How it adapts now could be crucial to understanding the post-pandemic era. This crisis might just be different. Just as Covid-19 will lead to new ways of producing and consuming, so it may [...]

The IPPC Secretariat organized the first virtual meeting among the Regional Plant Protection Organization (RPPOs) to discuss how to move forward on the IPPC activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was chaired and opened by the IPPC Secretary, Mr [...]

Filipino banana exports could slide by 40% this year. Banana production in the Philippines is being drastically reduced by Fusarium wilt and climate change, with the aggravating impact of Covid-19 on trade.

El miércoles 6 de mayo de 2020, el Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria, IPSA, participó en Reunión del Comando Fitosanitario FOC R4T : Situación Actual de la Marchitez del Banano, impartida en el marco de la Segunda Jornada Fitosanitaria en Época de Pandemia [...]

Unfazed by the COVID-19 risks, farm scientists from two Lucknow-based ICAR institutes are on the front line to control a fungal disease in banana crop especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ahead of the planting season.

El director ejecutivo del OIRSA, Efraín Medina, y el coordinador subregional de la FAO para Mesoamérica, Adoniram Sanches, firmaron un memorando de entendimiento para el fortalecimiento de los servicios de sanidad agropecuaria e inocuidad de los alimentos. El acto oficial de [...]