(Track 4: Country Deep-Dive (Philippines and India) and Plant Health Showcase)
The session highlights the critical role of horticulture plant health in transforming the sector’s prospects and demonstrates how quality control can be achieved by showcasing plant health management systems from the US, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. It illustrates how plant health governance systems in these countries have evolved over decades and presents perspectives from scientists, nursery inspectors and nursery stock certifiers, and growers.
This session also introduces how this concept is being applied in India and Nepal through ADB-financed projects.
Moderator: Sunae Kim, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB
Opening and Introduction of Speakers
Accurate diagnostics: the cornerstone of clean plant programs
highlighting the foundational role of advanced diagnostics, plant health innovation and clean plant systems in transforming food systems
Dr. Ioannis Tzanetakis, Director of Arkansas Clean Plant Center and Professor, Plant Virology, University of Arkansas
- Learn the US Model: Nursery Stock Certification
Dr. Dipak Poudyal, Plant Health Virus Certification Expert (Plant Pathologist), US - Learn the Dutch and EU Model: Naktuinbouw’s roles
John van Ruiten, ADB consultant and Former Managing Director, Naktuinbouw, Netherlands (online) - Learn the New Zealand Model: Private industries’ roles in standards and nurseries management
Sophie Badland, Biosecurity & Emergency Response Manager, New Zealand Winegrowers
ADB Project Experience (1) Building India’s Clean Plant Programme (CPP)
- C. P. Gandhi, Joint Director, National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, and Nodal Officer for CPP (Online)
- Sunae Kim, Protect Team Leader, ADB
- Raghavendra Naduvinamani, Co-Team Leader, ADB
ADB Project Experience (2) Nepal Nuts and Fruits in Hilly Areas Project
- Mahesh Chandra Acharya, Head of National Center for Fruit Development; and Project Director, NAFHA Government of Nepal
- Dr. Steph Montgomery, Program Manager – International Development, Bioeconomy Science Institute
Discussion with presenters
Facilitated by Sunae Kim, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB
