STRENGTHENING REGIONAL
COOPERATION AND KNOWLEDGE
SHARING IN PLANT PROTECTION
BETWEEN THE NEAR EAST COUNTRIES
DR. ABDUL-WALY ALTAHAT, MOA
DR. NIDA’ SALEM, JU
2-4 Dec 2012, Cairo-Egypt
Country Plant Protection Profile in Jordan
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General information
Plant quarantine
Pest out breaks and invasive species management
Pest management
Pesticide management
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
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Permanent and
Temporary
Committees
GENERAL SECRETARY (G.S.)
G.S. Assistant
for Marketing
and
Information
G.S. Assistant
for
Governorates
Affairs
Licences and
Border Centers
Department
Agricultural
Depts. in
Governorate
s
Plant Wealth
Licences
Division
Provinces’
Agricultural
Departments
Border
Centers
Division
Entry Points
(BIPs)
G.S. Assistant
for
Plant Wealth
Plant Health
and Biosafety
Department
Plant Wealth
Laboratories
Department
Pest Risk
Analysis
Division
Phytosanitar
y Laboratory
Division
Plant Protection
Department
Prevention and
Control Division
Plant
Production
Department
Plant
Production
Control Division
Phytosanitary
Measures
Division
Inspection
and Monitoring
Division
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National Plant Protection Organisation
Structure chart
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Minister of
Agriculture
SecretaryGeneral
Assistant Secretary-General of the wealth
of plant
Director of Plant Protection
Pest Control Section
Pesticide
Registration
Section
Control Section
manufacture &
import pesticides
‫‪Mission of NPPO in Jordan‬‬
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‫المحافظة على سالمة العنصر النباتي في البيئة األردنية من خالل‬
‫حماية النباتات ضمن حدود المملكة من اآلفات المحلية و العابرة‬
‫للحدود‪.‬‬
‫االفات الرئيسة التي تصيب مختلف المحاصيل في األردن‬
‫المحصــــــــــــوـل‬
‫الزيتون‬
‫اآلفــــــــــــة‬
‫ذبابة ثمار الزيتون ‪Bactroceara olea‬‬
‫نيرون الزيتون ‪Phleotribus olea‬‬
‫سل الزيتون‬
‫الحمضيات‬
‫اللوزيات‬
‫ذبابة ثمار البحر المتوسط ‪Ceratitis capitata‬‬
‫صانعة األنفاق ‪Phyllocnistis citrella‬‬
‫ذبابة ثمار البحر المتوسط ‪Ceratitis capitata‬‬
‫الكابنودس ‪Capnodis tenebrionis‬‬
‫التفاحيات‬
‫حفار ساق التفاح ‪Zeuzera pyrina‬‬
‫العنب‬
‫دودة هريان العنب ‪Lobesia botrana‬‬
‫البياض الدقيقي ‪Uncinula necator‬‬
‫نخيل البلح‬
‫سوسة النخيل الحمراء الهندية ‪Rhincophorus ferruginus‬‬
‫البندورة‬
‫حافرة انقاف البندورة‬
‫التين‬
‫المحاصيل الحقلية‬
‫حشرة التين الشمعية ‪Ceroplastis rusci‬‬
‫‪Syringopais temperatella‬‬
‫دودة الزرع‬
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PLANT QUARANTINE
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Interim Agriculture Law No. (44) of year 2002.
Directives of Plant Quarantine
Directives No. Zain /2 for the year, 2003
Issued vide the Articles ( 26,23,22) of the
Agricultural
Act No. (44) for the year,2002
33 articles
‫تعليمات الحجر النباتي‬
2003 ‫( لسنة‬2\‫تعليمات رقم (ز‬
)44( ‫) من قانون الزراعة رقم‬26-23-22( ‫صادرة بموجب المواد‬
2002 ‫لسنة‬
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Infrastructure
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Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
quarantine offices (entry points)
plant quarantine officers
laboratories for insect/mite samples
laboratories for fungi samples
laboratories for bacteria samples
laboratories for virus samples
Jordanian Quarantine Pests List
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Insects & Mites 138
Nematodes 20
Fungi 125
Bacteria 28
Virus and Viral Like 81
Weeds 21
‫‪Main Progress in Recent Year‬‬
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‫اعداد مقترح الهيكل االداري لمديرية الصحة النباتية‬
‫تحديث قوائم اآلفات الحجر النباتي بالصورة النهائية‬
‫تحديث تعليمات الصحة النباتية بما يتفق والمعايير‬
‫الدولية واالوروبية بنسبة ‪%50‬‬
‫اعداد الدليل االرشادي لتشخيص االفات الحجرية‬
‫ويجري حاليا ترجمته الى العربية‬
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‫اعداد دليل اجراءات التفتيش‪.‬‬
‫اعداد دليل أخذ العينات لفحوصات الصحة النباتية‪.‬‬
‫تقييم وضع مختبرات الصحة النباتية من اجل‬
‫تحضيرها لالعتماد‬
Pest Risk Analysis
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No. of PRA completed and documented in 2011
45 countries
Bacteria 12
Insects 8
Nematode 4
Fungi 2
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Pest outbreaks and invasive species
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Red Palm Weevil
‫) من‬22( ‫تعليمات مكافحة سوسة النخيل الصادرة بموجب المادة‬
2002 ‫) لسنة‬44( ‫قانون الزراعة رقم‬
Tomato leaf minor (Tuta absoluta), 2009/2010
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Control Method
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PEST MANAGEMENT
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IPM program
Almond root borer (project to improve and develop
the production of almonds) (Capnodis sp.)
Integrated pest management of vegetables (IPM)
Safe use of pesticides and quality control
Strengthening the capacity for area-wide
suppression of the Mediterranean fruit fly using the
Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)
Early detection of disease eggs on the palm and
the development of control technologies
Integrated pest management of red palm weevil
continue
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Integrated Crop Management (ICM)
Survey of Plum Pox Virus (PPV) in Jordan
Regional Integrated Pest Management Program in
the Near EAST (FFS)
)‫مكافحة الذباب المنزلي في األغوار (وادي األردن‬
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PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT
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Article (21) of the temporary agricultural
law No. (44) for the year 2002
The legal reference in the Ministry
of Agriculture regarding pesticides
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Article (21) of the temporary agricultural law No. (44) for the year 2002.
Registration, manufacture, import, trading and trading of pesticides No. z /10
for the year 2009 and its amendments z / 4 for the year 2010.
Jordan's commitment to international conventions and the implementation of
the texts of the provisions of these agreements prevail over domestic laws, the
Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention, Basel Convention
and Montreal .
Bilateral agreements which respect the local laws of the countries.
International References to deal with pesticides
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International Code of Conduct for the distribution of pesticides
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Technical specifications of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
agricultural pesticides.
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Technical specifications of the WHO public health pesticides
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Jordan‘s reference for MRL is Codex MRL and in the absence of coverage of
any substance adopt EU MRL .
Quantities of pesticides manufactured locally for the
domestic market and export in 2010
Pesticide Type
Quantity manufactured for export /
kg or liter
Quantity manufactured for the
domestic market / kg or L
Insecticides
969030.80
150720.50
Fungicides
578938.00
86786.00
Herbicides
511959.00
83263.00
Accarcides
404480.80
50686.50
Nematicides
28000.00
249.00
Meniral Oils
38704.00
9650.00
Public Health Insecticides
368291.60
84473.00
Rodenticides
57348.00
7207.00
Molascides
10682.00
3230.00
Seeds Sterilants
1135.00
200.00
Dispersing & Sticking Agents
Household Pesticides
Total
0.00
34156
3002725.2
2472.00
1262205.7
1741142.7
Quantity of pesticides imported in 2010 classified by
type of the pest
Pesticide Type
Quantity of Imported pesticides
Fungicides
620382.62
Insecticides
259841.7
Herbicides
149808
Fungi+Insecticides
1000
Public Health Insecticides
92509.3
Accaricides
111679.712
Bactricides
11200
Rodenticdes
5810
Meniral Oils
58928
Adhesives
18972
Fumigant pesticides
124636.1
Household Pesticides
1012717
Total
2467484.4
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Number of restricted-use pesticides 20 (a.i)
Number of banned pesticides 41(a.i)
Number of establishments that manufacture, import and
trading of pesticides For 2010
Party Name
#
Licensed Local factories
14
Companies licensed to import pesticides
125
Shops handling pesticides
301
Number of countries, pesticides imported from
46
Number of pesticides registered 2000-2010
Total number of pesticides registered with the Ministry of
Agriculture 1404 trade name includes 290 active ingredient
Displays the registry file to the pesticide registration
Committee ( the committee comprises 12 members), as
follows :1- Director of Plant Protection/ Head of the
Committee .
2- Director of Plant Protection Laboratories .
3 - Head of pesticide registration section/ Member
and Reporter of the Committee .
4- A representative from the Ministry of Health.
5- Representative of the National Center for
Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer
6- A representative from the Ministry of the
Environment
7- A representative of the Royal Scientific Society
Laboratories
8- A representative of the Jordanian Universities /
College of Agriculture
9- A representative of the Merchants Association
and producers of agricultural materials (private
sector)
10 - A representative of the owners of factories
producing pesticides (private sector)
11- Head of Manufacturing, Importing & Controlling Pesticides
Section from MOA
12- A representative of the Agricultural Engineers
Association
* In addition to the secretary of the pesticide registration
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