{"id":13084,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/africa-to-host-global-conference-on-plant-viral-disease-in-2013-meeting-to-draw-strategy-to-tackle-virus-diseases\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","slug":"africa-to-host-global-conference-on-plant-viral-disease-in-2013-meeting-to-draw-strategy-to-tackle-virus-diseases","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/africa-to-host-global-conference-on-plant-viral-disease-in-2013-meeting-to-draw-strategy-to-tackle-virus-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"L'Afrique accueillera une conf\u00e9rence mondiale sur les maladies virales des plantes en 2013 \u2026une r\u00e9union pour \u00e9laborer une strat\u00e9gie de lutte contre les maladies virales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-18-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9832\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-18-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"250\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Scientists from across the world will gather in Arusha, Tanzania, for the 12th International Plant Virus Epidemiology (IPVE) symposium between January 28  and 1 February 2013. The meeting will provide researchers a platform to share the latest knowledge, brainstorm  and draw a road map to contain the spread of plant virus diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference, with the theme: \u201cEvolution, Ecology  and Control of Plant Viruses,\u201d is coming at a time when the battle against plant virus diseases is becoming more complex  and the need for food security is dem anding more global attention. This is the first time the meeting is taking place in Africa\u2014a continent that is plagued by plant viruses of key staple crops, driven by a climate that is getting warmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) notes that plant viruses are spreading rapidly to new places, frustrating efforts to boost the food security  and livelihoods of millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese viruses include the deadly cassava brown streak, banana bunchy top disease, rice yellow mottle,  and maize streak virus, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPoor small-holder farmers&#8211;who are majority of the population  and of the food growers, with their limited resources are bearing the brunt of these virus diseases. They are least able to invest in inputs such as pesticides  and herbicides  and improved disease-resistant varieties,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cWe need science-based solutions to these challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The symposium will provide a forum for exchange of latest knowledge  and technologies to control virus diseases  and pave the way for an African  and global strategy to combat emerging  and re-emerging plant virus diseases. Renowned virologists from over 40 countries are going to attend this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The symposium will take place at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, which is located between Mount Kilimanjaro  and Mount Meru in Arusha, Tanzania;  and is about 40 minutes\u2019 drive from Kilimanjaro International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting will be co-organized by IITA, CGIAR, Bioversity, Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI) in Tanzania, the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) of Ug anda, AVRDC\u2014The World Vegetable Center,  and West  and Central African Council for Agriculture Research  and Development (WECARD\/CORAF) under the auspices of the International Committee on Plant Virus Epidemiology (ICPVE). In the past, the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, France, Italy, Israel, Spain, Peru, Germany,  and India played host to IPVE meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IPVE is a specialist committee on plant virus epidemiology of the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP). The IPVE Committee has previously conducted 11 international symposia in different parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/web\/ipve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.iita.org\/web\/ipve<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists from across the world will gather in Arusha, Tanzania, for the 12th International Plant Virus Epidemiology (IPVE) symposium between January 28 and 1 February 2013. 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