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Workshop: SPS Risk Analysis and Modelling
Capacity Building for Risk Analysis and Modeling
to Promote Agricultural Trade in India
July 23 - August 3, 2007
Hyderabad, India
Workshop Presented by:
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad, India
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United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS), Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS)
Grant support under United States-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI):
Provided to Tuskegee University by
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
Provided to ANGRAU by
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI) Workshop
Sanitary/ Phytosanitary (SPS) , Risk Analysis and Modelling
Capacity Building in India
Hyderabad, India
July 23 - August 3, 2007
Note: Participants are encouraged to come prepared as follows :
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Work as members of a team. A Risk Assessment is best done when several disciplinary experts come together to work as a team to address risk agent and/or commodity related problems of significant local/national/international standing.
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Identify projects of interest to India that requires risk assessments to be performed to promote agricultural trade.
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Identify other members who you can partner with to advance projects of mutual interest
A genda
WEEK #1
DAY 1 MONDAY July 23, 2007
(Auditorium, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Campus)
| 8:00 am - 12:00 Noon |
Registration |
| 10:00 am- 2:00 pm |
OPENING CEREMONY |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
Welcome and Remarks : |
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Presiding Chair: Dr. Nawab Ali, Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Dr. S. Raghuvardhan Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU
Dr. Tsegaye Habtemariam, Professor of Epidemiology , Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health (CVMNAH), Tuskegee University
Dr. Richard W. Fite, Chief, Risk Analysis Systems (RAS), United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (USDA/APHIS)
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Vice-Chancellor, S.V. Veterinary University Tirupathi
Dr. S.P. Tiwari , Deputy Director General (Edn.), ICAR
Dr. H.S. Nainawatee, Assistant Director General (EQR), ICAR
Dr. S. T. Wilson, Professor of Epidemiology, Director International Center for Tropical Animal Health, CVMNAH, Tuskegee University
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| Address by Chief Guest : |
Dr. Mangal Rai, Director General ICAR and AKI Board Member |
| 11:30 - 11:40 pm |
BREAK |
| 11:40 - 12:40 pm |
Panel discussion on Food Safety
Dr. B. Sesikeran, Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
Shri. K.Vijaya Raghavan, Director, M/S Sathguru Management Consultants Pvt,Ltd, Hyderabad
Mr. P. Raj Kumar, Vice-President, Food Cert India Pvt Ltd and American Quality Assessors (India) Pvt Ltd
Shri Harpal Singh, (Member, Export Inspection Council of India), Deputy General Manager, APEDA , New Delhi
Dr. Richard W. Fite, Chief, Risk Analysis Systems (RAS), (USDA/APHIS)
Staff Person,
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Dr. Tsegaye Habtemariam, Professor of Epidemiology , Dean, CVMNAH, Tuskegee University
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12:40 - 1:40 pm |
Panel discussion on Pest Risk Assessment
Dr. Y. P. Ramdev, Assistant Regional Coordinator, Regional Network on Pesticides for Asia and The Pacific (RENPAP), UNIDO
Dr. W. R. Reddy, Joint Secretary (Plant Protection), Ministry of Agriculture, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
Dr. Ravi Prakash, Joint Director (PP), Plant Quarantine Division, Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India
Dr. KK Sharma, Network Coordinator, AINP on Pesticide Residues, IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Richard W. Fite, Chief, Risk Analysis Systems (RAS),(USDA/APHIS)
Dr. Tsegaye Habtemariam, Professor of Epidemiology, Dean, CVMNAH, Tuskegee University
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| 1:40 - 2:00 pm |
Concluding remarks of the panel discussions |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
T. Habtemariam
• Overview of The Tuskegee University, ANGRAU and USDA/APHIS Partnership Workshop
• Responsibilities and Expectations
• Strategies for Team Building and Team work
Instructors: G. Reddy, R. Fite, and S.T. Wilson
The AKI Initiative: What is it? Why is it significant to India and to the USA? (G. Reddy)
Why are Science-based Risk Assessment and SPS Agreement important? (R. Fite)
The need for making decisions with imperfect data
The importance of global trade and full participation in it
The need for science-based risk assessments in global trade
Science-based Risk assessment under-girds global agricultural trade and is governed by international agreements, regulations and standard setting organizations.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and Global Trade (R. Fite, S. Wilson)
The Sanitary/Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreements and regulations (R. Fite)
The international organizations/bodies that set the rules and standards ( S. Wilson )
• Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
• International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
• Codex Alimentarius
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Homework assignment
Note : Each Team is expected to get on the Internet and review each of the websites for:
- WTO and related agencies
- Review the SPS agreements on the Internet
- Familiarize yourself with contents of the handout material in the book that was handed out to you
- Review contents of the CDROM and browse relevant areas for discussion.
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