On April 8, 2014, Institute of Plant Protection of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPP-CAAS) signed the MOU on the Establishment of the Joint Laboratory of Crop Protection and Agricultural Biosecurity with its counterpart, Bioforsk Plant Health and Plant Protection, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (BPHPPD), during BPHPPD Director General Arne Hermansen’s visit in Beijing.
According to the MOU, the two parties are to establish a scientific research platform in the fields of crop protection and agricultural biosecurity, including prevention and control of plant diseases and insects pests, especially on important nematodes and virus, monitoring and forecasting of pests and plant diseases, biotechnology and biosafety of genetically modified (GM) crops, bio-pesticides and other common interested areas. The partners also reached consensus on exchanges of staff and S & T information, organization and arrangement of bilateral or multilateral seminars, symposia and conferences on the topics of mutual interests, scientific papers publication, joint participation in the calls for project proposals under the programs of international organizations-European Union, FAO, UNEP, UNDP, etc.

By WANG Lixia
ippcaas1@ippcaas.cn