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Sustainable approaches for plant health

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author Calles, T.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Healthy plants constitute the foundation of food security and are key to sustaining life on earth. For this reason, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) and invited the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to facilitate the implementation of the IYPH in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders. The IYPH aims to heighten public awareness of the economic, social and environmental importance of plant health for improving global food security and the contribution of plant health towards reducing hunger and poverty. Currently, up to 40 percent of global crops are lost to pests, primarily insects, diseases and weeds. Pesticides are widely used to control pests. However, application of broad-spectrum pesticides negatively affect beneficial organisms that are fundamental to ecosystem services and nature-based pest management. Therefore, FAO promotes the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach, which is focused on prevention.

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