2022 Africa Regional Priority Setting Workshop

The 2022 Africa Regional Priority Setting Workshop was held November 2, 2022 with an overall goal to develop a list of top pest management priorities for the Africa region. Workshop participants provided critical input to help make decisions on the top priorities to progress in in the region.

Workshop Results

Africa Fruit and Nut Priorities

Priority	Crop	Pest Common Name	Pest Scientific Name	Countries Expressing Interest	Active Ingredient
1	Mango	Fruit fly	Ceratitis sp. & Bactrocera sp.	Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Sengal	Spinosad
2	Papaya	mealybugs	Paracoccus marginatus	Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Uganda	Sulfoxaflor
3	Banana	Fusarium tropical race 4	Fusarium oxysporum	Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda	Isotianil
4	Avocado	Anthracnose	Colletotricum gloeosporioides	Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya	Adavelt
5	Mango	Anthracnose	Glomerella Cingulata	Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda	Adavelt
6	Avocado	Phytopthora	Phytopthora cinnamommi	Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya	Oxithiapiprolin
7	Passionfruit	Anthracnose	Glomerella Cingulata	Ghana, Uganda	Adavelt
8	Guava	Fruit fly	Bactrocera sp.	Kenya	Spinosad

Africa Agronomic, Vegetable and Herb Priorities

Priority	Crop	Pest Common Name	Pest Scientific Name	Countries Expressing Interest	Active Ingredient
1	Eggplant	Fruit borer	Leucinodes orbonalis	Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone	Spinetoram
2	Tomato	Leaf miner	Liriomyza bruoniae	Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda	Broflanilide
3	Okra	Powdery mildew	Podosphaera xanthii	Uganda	Proquinazid
4	Beans	Aphids	Aphis fabae	Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda	Cyantraniliprole
5	Beans, dry	Anthracnose	Anthracnose	Tanzania, Uganda	Adavelt
6	Okra	Whiteflies	Bemisia tabaci	Ghana	Sulfoxaflor
7	Eggplant	Powdery mildew	Podosphaera xanthii	Ghana, Uganda	Proquinazid
8	Garlic	Sclerotium	Sclerotium	Ethiopia	Pixcoystrobin
9	Basil	Thrips	Thrips	Kenya	Spinetoram

If you missed the Workshop, you can view the recording on our YouTube channel or in the video player below.

Priority Setting Workshop Agenda

Time	Agenda	Slides – English	Slides – French
14:05-14:15	Introduction & Welcome Remarks – Geoffrey Onen, Assistant Commissioner, Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratory Uganda – Moderator
14:15-14:25	Welcome to the Africa Regional Priority Setting Workshop – Dirk Drost, Chairman, Minor Use Foundation	Drost Slides English	Drost Slides French
14:25-14:45	Priorities from the Global Minor Use Priority Setting Workshop, Progress to date, and the African Regional Workshop Process Michael Braverman, Board Member, Minor Use Foundation	Braverman Slides English	Braverman Slides French
14:45-15:00	Questions and Answers
15:00-15:40	Prioritization of Fruit and Nut Crops – Paul Osei-Fosu, Chief Scientific Officer, Head, Food and Agriculture Department, Ghana Standards Authority
15:50-16:30	Prioritization of Agronomic, Vegetable and Herb Crops – Paul Osei-Fosu, Chief Scientific Officer, Head, Food and Agriculture Department, Ghana Standards Authority
16:30-16:45	Discussion and refinement of Priorities – Paul Osei-Fosu, Chief Scientific Officer, Head, Food and Agriculture Department, Ghana Standards Authority
16:45-17:00	Summary and Next steps – Dirk Drost, Chairman, Minor Use Foundation	Drost Slides English

Background

Prior to the Workshop, participants went through a process of nominating priorities of interest from a list of more than 3,500 crop/pest combinations and submitted new priorities to develop a targeted list for further refinement. Participants then submitted their top five priorities based on the targeted list. The Minor Use Foundation tallied scores based on how priorities were ranked and the number of countries ranking the crop/pest combination to present a preliminary ranking for Workshop participants to discuss.

During the Workshop participants systematically progressed through the ranked priorities and provided critical input to further refine the crop/pest combinations and identify top priorities for the region.

After the Workshop, the Foundation conducted follow up data collection and analysis to further understand company support, cooperators and capacity prior to announcing the results of the Workshop. As additional information becomes available, the list of priorities may be adjusted.

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Important Dates and Deadlines Leading Up to the Workshop