Report of the workshop on training of trainers on protection against South American Leaf Blight (SALB) of rubber in the Asia-Pacific region

Report of the workshop on training of trainers on protection against South American Leaf Blight (SALB) of rubber in the Asia-Pacific region

3-7 December 2018, Sabah, Malaysia

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 22

Publisher FAO ;

Category Other document

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Synopsis (short abstract) South American leaf blight (SALB) is a devastating disease of rubber which currently found in the American Tropic with Mexico in the North and Brazil in the South. The disease has a high potential to establish in the Asia Pacific rubber growing countries due to the similar climate, increased in agricultural trade and advancement in intercontinental air transport. This workshop was held pursuance to the agreement in the 29th Session of the APPPC meeting in Bali, Indonesia to update the progress on the prevention of SALB incursion and discussed on the future action plan to strengthen the capacity building especially in mitigating SALB pathways of non-rubber rubber agricultural products by utilizing international standard on pest free area of production.

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Language English