Enhancing quarantine services in Brunei

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location Brunei dates September 2011 – August 2013 project team Lum Keng Yeang Soetikno Sastoutromo Graeme Evans Dale Hamilton

enhancing quarantine services in Brunei

The Government of Brunei Darussalam intends to upgrade its plant and animal quarantine services, in line with its plan to increase agricultural productivity for better food security. At the same time, it i is planning to upgrade national biosecurity levels to comply with global trading frameworks such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and associated conventions.

so what’s the problem?

While plant and animal quarantine services do exist in Brunei, current practices are not fully compliant with international frameworks. With an increased emphasis on agriculture and food production, and plans to export selected niche produce, the country needs to build adequate capacity in its quarantine and biosecurity services so it can handle risks relating to imports and comply with the sanitary and phytosanitary requirements of other importing countries.

KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE

what is this project doing?

As the appointed consultant, CABI is helping to upgrade the country’s plant and animal quarantine services. The team is conducting a thorough assessment of services and their compliance with international expectations, providing recommendations, building capacity in identified areas, and preparing guidance documents to assist plant and animal health personnel in the performance of their daily tasks.

Specific activities include: • a ssessing current plant and animal quarantine inspection systems and their infrastructure; making recommendations; preparing short- and long-term work plans for improving the services and assessing the current capacity of staff • c onducting training in plant pest analysis, surveillance and monitoring, inspection, early detection and interception and emergency response • c onducting training on animal disease risk analysis, animal disease surveillance and monitoring, border and meat inspections • u ndertaking a study visit abroad for plant and animal health personnel to see more advanced quarantine systems in operation • developing a national phytosanitary database

results so far The assessment exercise has been completed and the findings presented to the relevant ministry. Plant and animal health officers have made a study visit to Australia and a second visit to Malaysia and Singapore is being planned.

A training course analysing the risks of plant pests has been successfully completed and will be followed by a similar course on the risks of animal diseases.

www.cabi.org/bruneipaq sponsors Department of Agriculture & Agrifood Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources Brunei Darussalam

contact CABI, PO Box 210, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia T: +60 (0)3 8943 2921 F: +60 (0)3 8942 6490 E: cabisea@cabi.org www.cabi.org/malaysia

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Lum Keng Yeang, Project Manager