CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid
Did you know that food and other humanitarian aid can carry plant pests?
All donations are more than welcome, especially in emergencies situations and to vulnerable people. Saving lives are the utmost importance for all. However, it is known that disasters impacts in agriculture threaten all three pillars of sustainable development: social, environmental, economic.
Countries have faced challenges to manage pest risk effectively during an emergency situation, for example receiving aid from other countries when natural disasters happened. It has been recognized that the provision of aid supplies could bring pests which causes long-term impacts on the economy, environment and communities.
Category: Other
Type: Focus Group
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