Newsletter April 2013 - CropLife Africa Middle East

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CropLife Africa Middle East Newsletter Number 89
April 2013
CropLife Sudan (SAGA) Obstocks Assessment
Professor Nabil Bahseer expert on Obstocks and Hans
Dobson of CropLife
Above Right:: R-L Dr.Abdelahim, Federal Minister of Agriculture and irrigation,
Mr.Sirlkhatim, Chairman SAGA and Mr. Khidir Gibreel, Registrar of the NPC, attending
the obstocks workshop at the Grand Holiday Villa-Khartoum.
Hans Dobson of CropLife International visited Sudan 15-20 Marsh to meet with various authorities and concerned stakeholders
on the issue of the large quantities of obsolete stocks of pesticides in the country.
His activities covered the following:
Meeting with the Executive Board of the Sudan Agrochemicals Association (SAGA) and the Registrar of the National
Pesticides Council (NPC).
Visiting two depots in the Wad Medani, of Gezira State and meetings with the officials and stakeholders in the region.
Meeting with the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation and the Federal Minister of Health.
Participating at a workshop on obsolete stocks held at the Grand Holiday Villa on 19 March and addressing the issue of
obsolete stocks with a CropLife perspective. This visit was highly valued by SAGA and viewed as a serious start of a
Sudanese strategy to deal with obsolete pesticides in the country.
CropLife Uganda: IPM / RU Training
Mohamed Abdella Ali, SAGA
Group Participants
Calibration Exercise
A “4 day” training of the Field Coordinators and staff of member companies in Uganda took place week commencing 18 March.
The training covered both IPM / RU as a follow-up to last years December meeting, and anti-counterfeit training.
Participants underwent both, a pre, and post evaluation. They also prepared a training on IPM and “scouting for farmers.
Results were particularly good for the written tests.
Evelyn Lusenaka
Representing the Plant Science Industry