HISTORY

1945-> Creation of FAO

1951-> At a major FAO meeting held in Roma, participants recognized that after 6 years of functionning, the missions of FAO were both numerous and extensive.It was recommended that regional plant protection centers be set to relay FAO activities.

1954-> First meeting of founding members (France, Great Britain, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and South Africa).

1956-> Founding members signed the document for the creation of the Council and the setting up of its offices at the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London.

1960-> Incorporation into the SubSaharan Africa Technical Cooperation Commission (TCCA)

1965-> Merger of TCCA and STRC (Scientific, Technical and Research Commission) of African Union, becomes the supervisory authority.

1966-> General meeting in Nairobi : the number of IAPSC members increases with the admission of North African countries.

1967-> Transfert of its offices to Yaounde, Cameroon.

1969-> The Inter-African Phytosanitary Commission becomes the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council and is fully managed by the African Union (AU) Secretariat General and African member countries

ORGANIZATION

The IAPSC gorverning bodies are :

 Scientific Secretariat
 The General Assembly
 The Advisory Commitee
 Networks

MANDATE

Our mission : IAPSC, an intergovernmental organization with 53 member countries under the umbrella of African Union, coordinates plant protection procedures in Africa. Under the International Plant Protection Convention, IAPSC is the regional organization for Africa.

Our vision :
 Sufficient food and feed with satisfying quality is available at any point in time for the entire population of the African continent.

 African agricultural exports increase and meet world market standards at competitive prices.

 Environmentally acceptable plant protection policies and practices that are safe for human health and which do not impede trade and/or exchange in plants and plant products.

Our objectives :

 Information management to serve African and international plant protection organizations

 Encouragement for the harmonization of African phytosanitary regulations

 Development of regional strategies against the introduction and spread of plant pests and diseases

 Promotion of safe and sustainable plant protection techniques

Our activities :

 To collect, evaluate and disseminate plant protection information relevant to Africa

 To promote Integrated Plant Protection and Production Management

 To document and publish articles on modern plant protection in Africa

 To coordinate plant protection activities on regional and sub-regional levels in collaboration with relevant institutions

 To promote international conventions regarding phytosanitary measures (IPPC, WTO/SPS, TRIPS, CBD, etc.)

 To encourage the ratification of such conventions by African Governments

 To organize meetings on training, coordination and know-how transfer

 To articulate the needs of African plant protection organizations at international commissions, conferences, etc.

 To advise national agricultural decision makers on plant protection

 To liaise between the public and the private sector

 To set up sector networks and working groups for plant protection

JOINTS PROJECTS

JP 29 : Quarantine and phytosanitary training ;

JP 33 : Distribution Maps of Crop and Plant Pests in Africa ;

JP 34 : Seed and Germplasm health in major food crops ;

JP 35 : Pesticides and phyto-pharmaceuticals in Africa ;

JP 36 : Postharvest loss in agriculture ;

JP 38 : Biocontrol of crops pests and plants products ;

JP 39 : African Center for Research and Phytosanitary Training (ACRPT) ;

JP 40 : Quarantine organization in Africa ;

JP 41 : Malherbology in agriculture and forestry in Africa ;

JP 42 : Computerization of phytosanitary data in member countries.