Scientific and Technical Information needed for Pest Risk Analysis

Presentation to the PMC of COPEPresentation to the PMC of COPEJuly 2010, Nairobi, KenyaJuly 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Presentation Outline

• Background and Rationale• Stakeholder cconsultation • Outcome of consultation:• Current sources of information • Priority information requirements:

• Subscription resources• Other useful resources

• Recommendations

Background and Rationale• COPE was established to provide capacity-

building services to enable prevent introduction and spread of plant pests and to meet the Phytosanitary requirements of international trade

• Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) is a very important component of COPE

• Reliable scientific and technical information a pre-requisite for good PRA

• Need to understand information needs of COPE stakeholders

• And identify information resources to meet these needs

Consultation Process • Consultations held with staff responsible for PRA

under COPE & Information service providers: • KEPHIS Plant Inspectors – interact with

partners in the region• Regional PRA Working Group (Kenya, Uganda,

Tanzania, Mozambique, Seychelles, Zambia)

• Information Providers:• Academic and research libraries (Kenya);• Global providers e.g. CABI, APS; • Web resources

Consultation Outcome: Current Sources of Information

Crop Protection Compendium (CPC) – first reference material

Academic and Research Institution libraries Internet - restricted access/require subscriptions Personal Networks (local & abroad) Growers/Farmers – pests/disease occurrence Extension Officers – Pest occurrence The East African Pest Information Management System

(PIMS) – still new, limited information

Consultation Outcome: Challenges to accessing information

Inadequate sources of current information lack of budgets for acquisition of information Lack of some types of information e.g. Pest distribution

maps, country pest lists, lists subject matter specialists Some information sources not trusted Poor access to local information e.g. local journals Restricted access to some websites

Consultation Outcome: Challenges…

Scattered sources of information – time spent in searching for information

Lack of current information in many institutions No agricultural libraries - Seychelles and Mozambique Very few experts in some fields such as nematology

and virology Slow/unreliable access to the internet sources - some

countries Inadequate collaboration among institutions (research

centres, universities, extension)

Consultation Outcome: Priority information requirements

Subscriptions: Crop Protection Compendium

www.cabicompendia.org/cpc AGORA http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/]

Incl. several journals incl. Plant Pathology (Blackwell Publishing) Postharvest Biology and Technology (Elsevier) Plant Health Progress (Plant Management

Network) Pests Identification keys - CPC, internet and other

sources

Consultation Outcome: Priority information requirements

Journals Plant Disease [http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis] Phytopathology [http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PHYTO-100-2-0120] Reference books

Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases [www.cababstractsplus.org/DMPD] Distribution Maps of Plant Pests [www.cababstractsplus.org/DMPP

Other useful resources

Discussion lists PHRA-L - International Plant Health Risk Assessment

(PHRA) Network. Discusses risk assessments and analyses

EPPO Electronic Documentation Service http://www.eppo.org/PUBLICATIONS/eppo_docs/registerml.php

NAPPO http://www.pestalert.org/subscribe.cfm A Phytosanitary Alert System   Aliens-L

http://www.issg.org/about.htm#networking (dedicated to invasive species that threaten biodiversity)

Libraries and resource Centres (Kenya)• World Agroforestry Centre Library - www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/

Library holdings – http://intranet/dbtw-wpd/webquery.asp  Publications Database – http://intranet/Library/index.asp Numerous international sources > 100 relevant journals

ICIPE Library – various local & intl. journals; Pest database National Museums of Kenya (NMK) - http://www.museums.or.ke/index.php KARI KEFRI KJAUTCommon resources (Open Access):

Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) http://www.oaresciences.org/en/

Access to Online Agricultural Research (AGORA) http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/

And others… Institutions building repositories KAINet http://www.kainet.or.ke/

Recommendations: promote, access & sharing of information COPE Secretariat should support:• Building of country pest lists, lists of experts • Collaborative subscriptions – priority list agreed• Access through COPE website – links to relevant sources• COPE events e.g. training of partners• Maintain regional information resource/ create awareness

COPE Partners should:• Explore & use Open Access sources• Participate in discussion lists • Forge collaborative information-sharing among institutions• Build institutional repositories (local info.)• Promote awareness of relevant info. (local/global)

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