West African mango in battle order against fruit fly

게시됨 2022년 11월 15일

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West African mango exporting countries expressed concern at a workshop regarding the control of fruit flies, following a increase in mango interceptions on the European market. The Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (Araa) of ECOWAS indicated a significant increase in interceptions in 2022 compared to 2021. The EU introduced a new directive on mango imports in 2019 due to pest concerns. The Araa attributes the increasing interceptions to weak implementation of good production management practices, inaccessibility of approved control products, traceability system failures, and weak regulation enforcement. The Syrimao project, which started in 2021, is implementing new technologies and partnerships to address these issues and improve the sector's self-financing through a mandatory contribution.

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The concern of West African mango exporting countries was palpable last week during the assessment and programming workshop of the Regional Plan for the Fight and Control of Fruit Fly in West Africa (PLMF). It took place all last week in Abidjan as part of the EU-AFD project entitled "Innovative regional fruit fly control system in West Africa" (Syrimao) launched in 2021. And for good reason... Most ECOWAS member countries see their mango shipments intercepted on their arrival on the European market for health issues related to the fruit fly of the Tephritidae family. Originally from Asia, Kenya first detected it in 2003 and then spread to the rest of the continent, particularly in West Africa. "In 2022, the ECOWAS space recorded 95 interceptions for an export of 20,285 tonnes (t) of mangoes against 41 interceptions for 90,000 t in 2021", indicated yesterday the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food. (Araa) of ECOWAS. “The 2022 mango marketing campaign was also marked by an ...

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