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BookletBiosecurity situation assessment for livestock, plant and food areas in Bhutan
Online meeting report
2020Also available in:
No results found.The Biosecurity Policy of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2010 recognizes the importance of an integrated approach to maintaining Bhutan’s biosecurity. Therefore, it identifies the need to develop a Biosecurity Strategy to guide the implementation of further activities to enhance biosecurity and food safety. While a significant amount of work to improve biosecurity has been undertaken since 2010, there is a clear and urgent need for the Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) to develop a set of effective and prioritized, yet feasible, strategies and action plans to guide its activities over the next eight years. In order for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to assist BAFRA to develop a Biosecurity Strategy and Action Plan for the period 2021-2028, it is necessary to re-assess the current situation to understand the current capacity and practices, needs, gaps and opportunities. Following an internal survey of BAFRA officials in both head and field offices aimed at understanding their needs and priorities, FAO, together with a biosecurity expert, in collaboration with the BAFRA officers, conducted three video conference meetings for 1) livestock, 2) food and 3) plant sectors to understand the current situation in further detail so that a better strategy and relevant action plans can be proposed. This report sets out the key information obtained from the three virtual meetings, which used a mix of hypothetical and real scenarios to ask questions to the participants designed to obtain information about the current situation. -
DocumentBiosecurity Status of Food and Agriculture in Nepal 2014
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No results found.Nepal has been making efforts to improve food safety and quality, control diseases and pests, chemical pesticides, quality of medicines (including veterinary medicines), strengthen quarantine capacity and manage genetically modified organisms. About a dozen policies, over two dozens of legal acts and government eight departments are directly or indirectly geared towards these efforts. However, the efforts are found scattered with many gaps and overlaps. In the meantime, the country suffers from health risks emanating from food products, leading to public health problems, limited ability to meet sanitary and phytosanitary requirements for agricultural exports, and increased food import dependency, notably in the high income segments which includes the tourism sector. These problems are also responsible for the weak linkages of the smallholder production to high income food markets, thus compromising their livelihood. -
Book (stand-alone)The dynamics of sanitary and technical requirements assisting the poor to cope
Expert Consultation Rome, 22-24 June 2004
2005Also available in:
No results found.The expert consultatio n on The Dynamics of Sanitary and Technical Requirements: Assisting the Poor to Cope was held in Rome from 22 to 24 June 2004. The objective of the consultation was to provide advice to FAO and Member Governments on the impact of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards on domestic livestock markets, and in particular to consider impacts on the poor who participate in livestock food chains, and the extent to which their concerns are being addressed. It addressed four que stions: This publicatio n describes the conclusion s of the six experts and observers of the consultation. It contributes to a very lively global debate on the subject of livestock standards and market exclusion. Who drives standards setting in food safety and animal health? How do existing and anticipated standards affect the structure of the livestock food chain and vice versa? Who is winning and who is losing from changes? What can be done to help the losers? In particular, what can be done t o assist the poor to cope? This publicatio n describes the conclusion s of the six experts and observers of the consultation. It contributes to a very lively global debate on the subject of livestock standards and market exclusion.
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