Regional Status Pest Surveillance in the Context of ISPM No. 6
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RAP PUBLICATION 2012/09 Regional status of pest surveillance in the context of ISPM No. 6: International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures – Guidelines for Pest Surveillance Analysis of the responses to the Implementation Review and Support System (IRSS) questionnaire from APPPC countries viii RAP PUBLICATION 2012/09 Regional status of pest surveillance in the context of ISPM No. 6: International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures – Guidelines for Pest Surveillance Analysis of the responses to the Implementation Review and Support System (IRSS) questionnaire from APPPC countries FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Bangkok, 2012 i The designation employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. the mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. 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Applications for such permission should be addressed to: Chief Electronic Publishing Policy and Support Branch Communication Division FAO Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy or by e-mail to: [email protected] © FAO 2012 For a copy of this publication, please write to: Piao Yongfan FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road Bangkok 10200 THAILAND Tel: (+66) 2 697 4268 Fax: (+66) 2 697 4445 E-mail: [email protected] ii Foreword A fundamental activity of national plant protection organizations is to conduct pest surveillance. For the purpose of international trade, the results of pest surveillance provide the basis for pest listing, identification of pest status, pest categorization and the conduct of pest risk analyses. In 1997, the International Plant Protection Convention issued the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 6: Guidelines for surveillance to assist national organizations in the implementation of this critical activity. In 2011, it was decided to review these guidelines and to identify challenges faced by the contracting parties for implementation, as well as identify resources for resolving those challenges. At the request of the Standards Committee of the IPPC, the Implementation Review and Support System (IRSS) will catalogue the challenges faced and make recommendations to the review panel of ISPM No. 6 on ways to improve the standard. It will also gather examples of best practice globally so that appropriate training material and manuals might be prepared under the capacity development programme of the IPPC. For the purpose of this review, a questionnaire was developed and distributed among national plant protection organizations. I am pleased to report that a total of 17 countries from the Asia and the Pacific region responded to this call and completed the questionnaire, as well as listing their resources and best practices. The results from this survey were compiled and analyzed, and are presented in this publication, which reflects the current regional status of the surveillance. Best practices of the surveillance and main constraints, challenges as well as issues that exist in implementation of the surveillance were also discussed and updated at a workshop held in Chiang Rai, Thailand from 31 January to 3 February 2012. It is hoped that the experiences with ISPM No. 6 in the Asia and the Pacific region will not only facilitate the work of the ISPM No. 6 review panel, but that it will also foster greater collaboration and exchanges among the countries of the region. Hiroyuki Konuma Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, February 2012 iii iv Table of contents Page Foreword by the Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific .............................................................................................................................. iii List of acronyms............................................................................................................................. vii 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Questionnaire ....................................................................................................................... 3 A. Policy and legislative environment ............................................................................... 3 B. Organizational structure, competences and culture ....................................................... 7 C. Documented procedures ................................................................................................ 11 D. General surveillance ...................................................................................................... 13 E. Specific surveys............................................................................................................. 16 Pest diagnostics ............................................................................................................. 20 F. Resources ...................................................................................................................... 23 G. Open ended feedback .................................................................................................... 28 3. Technical resources.............................................................................................................. 30 Tools ...................................................................................................................................... 30 Training materials .................................................................................................................. 31 Presentations .......................................................................................................................... 32 Videos .................................................................................................................................... 32 E-learning .............................................................................................................................. 32 Manuals ................................................................................................................................. 32 Guidelines .............................................................................................................................. 32 Standard operating procedures .............................................................................................. 33 Advocacy materials ............................................................................................................... 33 Other ...................................................................................................................................... 33 Names and addresses of respondents .................................................................................... 45 4. Best practices ....................................................................................................................... 46 Surveys in relation to plant quarantine and international trade ............................................. 46 Surveys in relation to pest detection and management ......................................................... 46 5. Conclusions and recommendations.................................................................................... 92 Annex 1: Country responses to open questions .......................................................................... 96 Annex 2: Summary slides presented at the workshop ............................................................... 108 v vi List of acronyms ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ALPP Areas of low pest prevalence APPPC Asia Pacific Plant Protection Convention ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AWM Area wide management CABI Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International CPPQ Crop Protection and Plant Quarantine Division (Malaysia) DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry DNA Designated National Authority DOA Department of Agriculture EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization ETL Economic threshold level EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FFS Farmer Field School GAP Good agricultural practices GIS Geographic information system HRSS High risk site surveillance IPM Integrated pest management IPPC International Plant Protection Convention IRSS Implementation Review and Support System ISPM International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures MOA Ministry of Agriculture NATESC National Agro-Tech Extension Service