Presentations from all speakers at the IPPC and Plantwise side event which took place during CPM9

1. LOSE LESS, FEED MORE
www.plantwise.org
Plantwise & NPPOs:
Building Linkages
Interfaces between
Plantwise & IPPC
9th Session of the
Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
FAO, Rome, Italy
2 April 2014

2. Lose less, feed more
A key objective of Plantwise:
Support smallholder
farmers with accessible,
practical knowledge, so
they can help themselves
to lose less of what they
grow and produce more
food for their families
The IPPC and Plantwise have shared goals that they are working to support
in different ways. There is complementarity between the two.
Protecting the world’s
plant resources from pests
A key objective of IPPC:
Protect sustainable
agriculture and enhance
global food security by
preventing pest spread
through activities such as
information exchange on
pest problems

3. Plantwise
Facilitates linkages between key
actors in a plant health system
Establishes national networks of
plant clinics to
 provide regular advice to
farmers
 facilitate pest vigilance through
collection and use of plant clinic
data
Provides a knowledge bank for
pest distribution, diagnosis, and
management

4. PW Implementation 2014
Africa
Burkina
Faso
DR Congo
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Rwanda
Sierra
Leone
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
South Asia
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Central &
West Asia
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Southeast
Asia
Cambodia
Vietnam
Thailand
Myanmar
East Asia
China
Caribbean & Central
America
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Barbados
Grenada
Trinidad & Tobago
Suriname
South
America
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil (CABI member countries in blue)

5. RPPOs
IPPC & Plantwise: Working
together to extend the flow
of information
Plant
Health
System
NPPO
Extension
Farmers
Input
supply
Research

6. Plantwise can potentially
assist NPPOs in fulfilling their
obligations under the IPPC
Key interfaces
1. Linking stakeholders
2. Knowledge Bank
3. Plant clinic data
Plantwise in support
of NPPOs

7. 1. Linking stakeholders
With national governments as the
key partner, Plantwise strengthens
national plant health systems by
linking stakeholders:
extension services
plant protection services (NPPO)
diagnostic/research services
agro-input suppliers
farmers, community-based organisations
post-secondary educational institutions
NGOs
Strong plant health system
stakeholders will better support
NPPOs

8. 2. Knowledge Bank
Provides tools &
information, including:
Pest alerts from the
literature
Lists of pests occurring
in countries
Distribution maps
Collated plant health
news
www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank

9. Clinic data can be used to:
Identify major crops and diseases
and their distribution
Identify new and emerging
diseases (disease vigilance)
Shape priorities for extension
Understand farmers’ problems,
perceptions and knowledge
Identify needs for further research
Held in the access controlled part of
the knowledge bank
3. Plant clinic data

10. Plantwise Policies
Seven Plantwise policies, including:
Use of Plant Clinic Data
Options for national partners,
particularly NPPOs, to decide on
the extent to which plant clinic
data are shared through the
Plantwise knowledge bank
 open versus restricted
access

11. Plantwise Policies
Pest Reports
Appropriate publishing of
potentially sensitive pest
information following the IPPC
standards for pest reporting
Open communication with
NPPOs on the pest information
posted in the Plantwise
knowledge bank
Official pest reporting following
ISPM 17 is encouraged

12. Where we want to go
Improved sharing of pest data
and information flow
Improved national stakeholder
partnering to work together as
PHS to ensure fulfilment of
reporting obligations under the
IPPC
Enhanced access to pest
information enabling plant health
system of countries to effectively
address pest problems
&

13. LOSE LESS, FEED MORE
www.plantwise.org
Ministry of Agriculture,
People’s Republic of
China
Thank you
We wish to acknowledge the support of our
donors, as well as our national and
international partners who make Plantwise
possible

14. The IPPC and Plantwise
IPPC Secretariat
03 April 2014
Rome, Italy

15. History
CABI-Plantwise is a “new” development
Large programme (diagnosis to reporting)
Was mostly extension and research centric
Potential to interfere with the IPPC process
• concern expressed by some IPPC CPs
Willingness to change - now involving NPPOs
Secretariat working with CABI

16. IPPC
Ensure it does not interfere with the IPPC process
IPPC processes potentially affected
• Pest reporting
• Pest status
• Surveillance
• PRA
• Regulated pest list
• Emergency action / measures

17. IPPC
Plantwise or CABI cannot report on behalf of IPPC
contracting partners
Knowledge bank = unofficial in terms of IPPC
CP / NPPO responsibility
IPPC contact point / pest reporting

18. NPPOs
Can directly affect NPPO IPPC obligations (NROs) and
trade
Early involvement – be proactive
Need for verification
• surveillance
• diagnostics
Possibly emergency response
Additional source of information
• monitoring

19. IPPC Plantwise Workshop
Address the involvement of the IPPC
NPPO, research and extension together
Very useful
Reluctance and enthusiasm

20. Lessons learnt
Not going to be easy
Timeliness
Define areas of legal and operational responsibility
Verification very important
Potential to feed data into a number of IPPC
processes

21. Future
Work in progress
Potential benefits if we learn to work together
Synergies
Planning
Do it properly
• Increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Increased timeliness
• Improved reliability

22. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION

23. CPM9 SIDE EVENT; PLANTWISE AND NPPOs
BUILDING LINKAGES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 2ND
2014
ROME ITALY
Linkages of NPPO’s
National Reporting
Obligations with Plantwise
Activities

24. Background
 Plantwise activities started in 2012 in Uganda
 Coverage - 45Local governments (Extension),
National Research Systems (ZONAL), Training
Institutions (1. University), NPPO (Regulators
Plant health)
 Stakeholders roles include; Regulations,
extension, research and Training, Supply Agro-
input,

25. Inter-linkages of the stakeholders
NPPO

26. Roles of each stakeholder
 NPPO
 Data management and custody of data bank
 Start up kits and support to Local Governments (LGs)
 Regulation of agro-input dealers (registration, import authorization,
etc
 Plant doctor training
 Diagnostics support – national referral laboratory (confirmatory tests,
identification)
 Research & Training Institutions
 Plant doctor training
 Technical backstopping (intense training in pest identification,
diagnosis etc
 Extension materials development
 Diagnostic support – national & zonal referral laboratories

27. Stakeholder roles c’d
 NAADS (National Agricultural Advisory Services)
 Staff to implement Plant Clinics (Service provision, SMS)
 Financial support to PCs (Funds available to facilitate activities
 Monitoring and evaluation
 NGOs
 Financial support to plant clinics and plant doctor
training
 Monitoring and evaluation
 Local governments
 Implementation of plant clinics
 Identify Staff for training

28. National data flow and management
NGO NGO

29. Plant clinic data usage
 Data collected at plant clinic, Zonal centers,
referral diagnostic labs
 Data includes- endemic pests and disease, new
emerging pests, diagnosed by plant
doctors/laboratories, epidemic reports from LGs
 Data is collected and managed at NPPO level
(National information portal) and this informs
surveillance
 Validation is done by a team of experts from the
NPPO

30. Diagnostic referral and feedback
system
Farmers Plant clinic
Zonal
diagnostic
labs
National
referral
(University
Research,
NPPO
NPPO

31. Aims and plans
Overall aims
 Improve the national reporting obligations as required
by IPPC
 Improve the phytosanitary capacity of the national
protection organization
Plans
 Update of regulated pest list and onward reporting to
IPPC
 Update pest distribution maps and upload on national
web portal
 Update the national regulation for export and import of
plants, plant products and other regulated articles
 Upgrade the national diagnostic capabilities
 Establish strong linkages with all the relevant
stakeholders mentioned above.

32. Thank you for listening

33. Plantwise linkages
with the
Sri Lankan NPPO
P. T. Bandara
National Coordinator
Permanent Crop Clinic Programme

34. The Sri Lankan National Plant
Protection Organisation
• Functions of NPPO re-organised recently since April
2013
• Presently activities of the NPPO are shared between
two divisions of Department of Agriculture
• External Plant Qurantine is overseen by NPQS
(Natioinal Plant Qurantine Service)
• Internal Plant Qurantine is overseen by PPS
(Plant Protection Service)

35. Organisation of the Plantwise
programme in Sri Lanka
Who is involved?
• National Responsible Organization - Plant Protection Service
(PPS), Sri Lanka
• Crop clinic coordination
• Local Implementation Organization - Provincial & Inter
Provincial Extension Service of the DOA
• Provide staff and basic resources for implementation of crop clinics
• Training of “Plant Doctors” – PPS & National Trainers
• Diagnostic Support – HORDI, FCRDI, RRDI and their Regional Research
Stations, Universities, RRI, CRI, TRI, SRI, DEA, DNBG
• Development of Extension Materials- PPS and National Trainers,
supplemented by other technical units of DOA

36. Linkages between Plantwise & the NPPO
How does Plantwise fit in with other extension and NPPO
activities?
• Crop clinics are used as one of the main tools for extension
activities
• Crop clinics serve as the source of information to the
farmers which prevents indiscriminate pesticide use and
promoting IPM practices
• As Crop Clinics cover the whole country, it is equivalent to
having a surveillance system to detect any new or
resurgence of quarantine pest
• Helps in developing spatial distribution map for pests
• Facilitates declaration of pest free areas

37. How are the data from the crop clinics being collated
and used?
• District coordinators has been appointed by the national
coordinator in concurrence with Provincial heads to collect data
• Collected data is sent to NRO data management unit
• Data manager & support staff do the translation and entry into
electronic format (POMS)
• Data harmonised, validated and analysed.
• Data will provide spatial distribution of pests which will aid in
early management of pest
Is the NPPO involved?
• Yes, PPS (NRO) is part of NPPO

38. Support to the NPPO
Does crop clinic data provide the NPPO useful information on
pest status?
• Crop clinic data provide updated information on pest status
• Surveillance of pest developments (identifying trends in
pest occurrence)
Is crop clinic data useful for pest vigilance?
• Development of early warning system

39. Challenges the NPPO has faced in working with Plantwise
& How have these challenges been addressed
• Providing diagnostic services to clinics can be a challenge
• Strengthen linkages between research and extension
• Capacity building of the diagnostic capability of lab
• Irregular receiving of crop clinic data form LIO
• Appointing district coordinators from LIO
• Too detailed prescription form to fill in by plant doctor
• Modification of prescription sheet?
• Less support from LIO
• Mainstream Plantwise into government extension programme

40. Results so far
• Training of trainers for national trainers: 20
• Number of Plant Doctors trained nationally: 316
• No of clinics operational: 105
• Number of clinic established: 242
• Crop Clinics are located: 11 districts out of 25
• For awareness raising regarding PCCP: two exhibitions

41. Future directions
• Incorporating the crop clinic concept to the extension system
• Development of more green and yellow lists, factsheets and
photo sheets
• Establishment of Monitoring & Evaluation system
• Streamlining the data management system
• Create a national map of clinic locations for mapping
• Uploading the locally available technical information on
Plantwise knowledge bank
• Development of a website for PCCP, Sri Lanka
• To prepare Directories of Diagnostic Services (DODS) which
will provide an overview of the organizations and services
accessed within the country

42. Summing up
“Plantwise has facilitated to
bring together specialist of
different sectors whose
mandates address different
aspects of plant health
which has immensely helped
the farmers in solving their
pest issues.”

43. Thank you!

44. LOSE LESS, FEED MORE
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Plantwise
Lessons from Kenya
Eunice Kagendo Lingeera
NDVA team member

45. Plant Clinics
 Coordinated by the MoAL&F, Plantwise, KEPHIS, KARI,
PCPB, Local Universities, Local NGOs and CBOs.
 Together these partners, helps strengthen national plant
health systems (trainings, diagnostics, lab testing, pest
mapping and reporting, pest management)
 An announcement is made on the location and date of the
clinic
 Farmers bring their plants for determination of the problem
by PDs
 Diagnosis is done by trained PDs
 Difficult cases or confirmatory tests are referred to
identified participating labs (KEPHIS, KARI).

46. Currently Kenya has 59 operational
plant health clinics in 13 counties.
Each plant health clinic is ran by 2
plant doctors .
Plans are underway to open more
(30) plant health clinics in the
remaining counties.
Main target is small scale farmers:
To reduce crop losses, thus increase
food security and improve rural
livelihoods .
Plant Clinics cont..:

47. Harmonisation
Recording Data EntryTransfer
Groundwork
Analysis
Sharing
Validation
Data collection and processing
workflow

48. MOAL&F: Local implementing organization
KEPHIS: National regulatory organization (pests and invasive
species)
PCPB: National regulatory organization (pest control products)
UON: Content partner
KARI: Diagnostic support
CABI: Coordination
Representatives from the above institutions collaborated in the
formation of the National Data Validation and Analysis team
Institutional roles and responsibilities

49. Practical skills on use of a data validation protocol to
NDVA team members were imparted.
Capacity development to plant doctors.
 Ability to make IPM recommendations (reduce use of
pesticides--minimum residue levels in exported crop)
 Improved ability to make accurate diagnosis.
The validated and analyzed data was shared with
Plantwise stakeholders detailing information on most
commonly reported
 Diseases
 Invertebrate pests
 Plant nutritional deficiencies
 Gender ratio of farmers visiting clinics
 Researchable areas
Achievements:

50. The team identified the crops with high frequency
queries which direct s team during development IPM
fact sheets.
The IPM fact sheets help reduce use of pesticides
thus low levels of MRLs on the local/export produce.
The areas where institutional of higher learning
needs to develop training curriculum were identified.
KEPHIS (national NPPO) - information on
emergence of unreported pests, plans surveillance
activities.
KEPHIS – information, areas with high pesticide
usage; train on adoption of IPM methods.
Train farmers on pest alerts and early mgt systems
Achievements cont..:

51. The current data validation protocol is
lengthy and tedious.
 Need to adopt a semi-automated
validation tool.
High numbers of rejected cases during
data analysis (app. 40%)
 Capacity building for PDs.
No diagnostic laboratories.
 Collaborating institutions to assist.
Challenges:

52. Devolution and movement of extension
staff.
 Need for intervention from the
county directors.
Poor financial support from county
government and lack of political
goodwill.
 Awareness creation
Ability to diagnose new pests and
diseases.
 Links with partnering institutions for
diagnostic services.
Challenges:

53. Bring more persons on board with
varied expertise to enhance and
quicken data validation.
Capacity building and equip plant
doctors with up dated reference
materials to enhance quality of
diagnosis.
Take care of data volumes, its
important to convene data validation
workshops every quarter part of the
year.
Future plans:

54. Lose less, feed more
Thank you
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