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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Protecting food security and the environment while facilitating trade
… is an international plant health agreement, established in 1952 and revised in 1997, that aims to protect cultivated … of pests. It is well known that international travel and trade are expanding more than ever, resulting in larger … is a pest known to infest over 200 fruit and vegetable species. © Pia Scanlon IPPC contributing to environmental …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC
… Analysis of benefits was conducted by the IPPC Secretariat in conjunction with experts from the fields of plant health, international trade, international economics and environmental protection. … Agency IAg Independent Advisory Group IAS Invasive alien species IRSS Implementation Review Support and System (of the …
Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course
… organism: Phytophthora infestans. Its sudden appearance in Ireland in the middle of XIX century resulted in the death … and it became known as the Irish Potato Famine. Exotic species can have a devastating impact on agriculture, … 15 (Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade). Agrilus planipennis, the emerald ash borer, is native …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Overview of the Lesson Farmers´ Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for … Most countries in the world are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and are thus obliged to implement … example is the genus Lycopersicon, in which many wild species can be crossed with the cultivated tomato L. …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture” is the first in a series of comprehensive educational modules being … Fund of the Funding Strategy TRIPS Agreement Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UNCCD … a variety, as well as the loss of entire varieties and species. l More than 75 percent of global crop diversity has …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Plant health and food security
… also negatively affect the palatability of foods resulting in changes to the traditional food preferences of … crops in the 1 Pest in the IPPC contexts refers to any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic … to leave their homeland. Today, due to increasing global trade and a changing climate, plant pests and diseases pose a …