{"id":3186,"date":"2010-02-01T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2010-02-01T13:11:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T19:11:41","slug":"ministry-of-agriculture-promotes-awareness-of-black-sigatoka-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/environment\/ministry-of-agriculture-promotes-awareness-of-black-sigatoka-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Agriculture promotes awareness of Black Sigatoka threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3189\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/BLACK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3189\" title=\"BLACK\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/BLACK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crops affected by Black Sigatoka\/photo credit: www.dpi.qld.gov.au<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an effort to develop Dominica\u2019s response capability and promote public awareness of the threat posed by Black Sigatoka, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in collaboration with the Dominica National Fair Trade Organisation (DNFTO) will host a two-day Black Sigatoka training workshop for staff of the Ministry of Agriculture &amp; Forestry, DBPL, Fairtrade, Customs and Ports on 3-4th February, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Black Sigatoka is an invasive species which was recently confirmed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean territories.\u00a0 This disease is categorised as a \u2018Critical Quarantine\u2019 disease which primarily affects banana, plantain, cocoy, ornamental heliconia and other host crops.\u00a0 These crops significantly contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Dominica and the potential destruction of these crops by this disease will have disastrous social and economic implications.\u00a0 In this regard, hucksters and other travellers are reminded of their responsibility to keep exotic invasive pests and diseases out of Dominica.\u00a0 The relevant permits and documents must be obtained to import plant and animal products into Dominica.\u00a0 Special attention should be paid to souvenir and craft items made with plant products.<\/p>\n<p>Technical sessions will follow the opening session on day one and practical sessions will follow on day two at the La Plaine Agricultural Training Centre.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an effort to develop Dominica\u2019s response capability and promote public awareness of the threat posed by Black Sigatoka, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in collaboration with the Dominica National Fair Trade Organisation (DNFTO) will host a two-day Black&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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