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including pest reports, description of the NPPOs, phytosanitary restrictions, points of entry with
specific restrictions, list of regulated pests, emergency actions, official contact point details,
non-compliance, organizational arrangements for plant protection, pest status and rationale for
phytosanitary requirements. APPPC together with the Secretariat of IPPC and the Department of
Agriculture of Malaysia organized a workshop on information exchange capacity building for the
Asian region at the Institute of Biological Science, University of Malaya from 3 to 6 May 2005.
The workshop was attended by 14 participants from 11 countries.
As part of its efforts to promote information exchange among member countries, the
Commission has produced four publications, hard copies of which were already distributed to the
member countries and are downloadable from the website (http://www.fao.org/world/regional/
rap/). These publications include:
i. Report of the Expert Consultation on Coconut Beetle Outbreak in APPPC Member
Countries (RAP Publication 2004/29),
ii. Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Training Requirements for Plant
Q uarantine Inspectors (RAP Publication 2004/24),
iii. Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Guidelines for the D ev elopment of
Heat D isinfestations Treatments of Fruit Fly Host Commodities (RAP Publication
2004/23), and
iv. Report of the Tw enty-Third Session of the APPPC (RAP Publication 2004/05).
In addition, the launching of the International Phytosanitary Portal by the Commission
(https://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.jsp) has made available information about RSPMs, such as
adopted RSPMs, draft RSPMs for country consultation, as well as other relevant reports.
Two workshops for Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) on South American Leaf Blight (SALB) were
held in Malaysia in 2003 as part of the work plan of the FAO TCP project (TCP/RAS/0168A) for
the Development of PRA for SALB of Hevea for the rubber growing countries in Asia. While
a draft PRA on SALB was drafted at the workshop, several information gaps and additional areas
for further research on SALB were identified for further improvement of the draft at the workshop.
FAO had approved an extension of the implementation period to conduct studies on the information
gaps for PRA of SALB, and one expert will be sent to Brazil to carry out the task for a period of
three months in Brazil. A workshop will be organized in January 2006 to update Pest Risk Analysis
based on the outcomes of the information obtained in Brazil.
2.3 Progress in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Asia and the Pacific region
In the last two years, the IPM programme in Asia has undergone many changes that reflected
the strength and sustainability of the approach adopted towards farmers’ education. There are now
more nationally funded programmes, more NGO operated programmes and additional inputs from
international development agencies using IPM-FFS.
The FAO-EU IPM Programme for Cotton in Asia was completed on 31 December 2004. It
had provided a culture of impact assessment, sustainable farmer groups, locally funded activities
and recognition of environmental education for poor farmers to achieve rural poverty reduction,
enhanced livelihood, sustainable development and food security. The Programme targeted
small-scale cotton farmers using ecological processes covered in IPM-FFS curricula. FFS graduates
reported significantly higher profits that contributed to better nutrition, children education and debt
reduction, thereby ensuring a brighter future for their families. For example, the gross margin income
of FFS farmers increased substantially by an average of US$ 175 per ha or 23 percent relative to
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