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AFSI – Africa Food Safety Initiative
WEBThe Africa Food Safety Initiative (AFSI) is a program to support African Regional Economic Communities and the African continent represented by the Africa Union to attain the capacity to meet international agricultural trade standards. AFSI focuses on science-based regulatory frameworks including those for harmonization and …
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SPS Topics: Food Safety – AFSI
WEBThe African Continental Free Trade Agreement began facilitating trade as of January 1, 2021 and creates the largest free trade block in the world consisting of 54 nations.Implementation of AfCFTA Annex 7 on SPS highlights the pressing need to support regional SPS strengthening activities for African countries to meet their obligations and …
Regions – AFSI
WEBPlant Health Phytosanitary Program: West Africa (2019-2022) AFSI is providing technical assistance to the West Africa region to increase governmental capacity to meet international phytosanitary standards. The project provides technical training to the National Plant Protection Officers (or their delegates), supports international collaboration
SPS Topics: Animal Health – AFSI
WEBAnimal pests and diseases not only affect global food security, but they can also pose serious risks to public health. Disease control and eradication, including diseases transmissible to humans, are important aspects of animal health. International trade in animals and animal products can adversely affect animal health thus it is necessary to …
SPS Topics: Plant Health – AFSI
WEBFruits with Pest Damage Plants form the basis of all human food through both direct consumption and as feed for livestock, so human health and nutrition are highly dependent on plant health and productivity. Healthy plants are able to efficiently harness energy from the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and water and nutrients from…
Plant Health Phytosanitary Program: East Africa (2019-2022)
WEBAFSI works to stimulate and support the capacity of EAC countries to adopt and implement international phytosanitary standards and improve trade and food security in the region. The activities supported by AFSI enhance the ability for EAC countries to work collectively as a region to harmonize standards, including procedures to better facilitate …
Plant Health – Online Training – AFSI
WEBThis March 2022, members of national plant protection organizations across East and West Africa will be learning about plant pest identification systems. Over 100 people in the regions are part of this cohort of online learners. The online training is provided for free at www.SPSCourses.com by the Food Safety Network, a part of the USDA…
Food Safety in Africa (2021-2023) – AFSI
WEBProject on Strengthening Food Safety Systems in West Africa This project aims to strengthen food safety systems by growing food safety capacity and harmonization of measures across countries and regions. The project will engage the Africa Union, the RECs, member states and agribusiness to improve understanding of and application of …
West Africa: Food Safety Program (2020-2024) – AFSI
WEBThe AFSI program works with ECOWAS to strengthen and refine the Network of Food Safety Actors (“Network”), established in 2015, and provides support to their coordination efforts within the region, including annual Network meetings and outreach to improve communication between Member States on food safety concerns. AFSI …
Food Safety: Senegal and Nigeria – AFSI
WEBSenegal and Nigeria are the two countries selected for initial action in 2022. More specifically, the project seeks to support the higher-value ground nut sector (i.e., non-oil application) in Senegal, and supporting the implementation of food safety legislation in Nigeria.The project aims to deploy technical assistance to support the progress of …
Major SPS Topics – AFSI
WEBInternational Food Safety Standards Protect Consumers and Farmers What are Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and topic areas? Sanitary measures are those meant to protect human and animal health and phytosanitary measures address plant health. As many African economies grow, governments are dealing with complex public health …
Plant Health Phytosanitary Program: West Africa (2019-2022)
WEBAFSI is providing technical assistance to the West Africa region to increase governmental capacity to meet international phytosanitary standards. The project provides technical training to the National Plant Protection Officers (or their delegates), supports international collaboration among member countries. AFSI works to enhance the ability …
Partners & Projects – AFSI
WEBAFSI Partner Projects AFSI seeks to grow capacity and coordination to address major sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) topic areas that affect human, plant, and animal health. All AFSI projects are listed on this page, or see projects by topic: Animal Health, Food Safety, MRLs, Plant Health. Projects by region are available on the Regions tab.…
AFSI Members – AFSI
WEBAFSI is a consortium of organizations that work together to coordinate activities related to food safety and SPS harmonization, founded by the University of Missouri, UMAP-Ghana, and Texas A&M University, with the USDA-FAS and other partners. UMAP UMAP-Ghana is an international non-governmental organization that designs, manages, and facilitates …
Risk Communication Trainings – AFSI
WEBMissouri School of Journalism helping communities in Africa talk about pesticides, avoid fake news. From Journalism.Missouri.edu By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 30, 2021) — Researchers at the Missouri School of Journalism are helping people in Africa improve communication about pesticides in their countries, the latest …
2023 NPPO Online Training – AFSI
WEBThis May 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and East African Community (EAC) invites members of the National Plant Protection Organizations in the regions to the relaunch of the Plant Health Online …
Report on Economic Impact of Missing/Low MRLs – AFSI
WEBIn March 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC – an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding agency) released the second of its two-volume report (first volume) on the impact of non-harmonized policies on pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs) on international agricultural trade.The USITC reports document the …
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