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CEF Center for Phytosanitary Excellence

VISION

To be an interdisciplinary leader team, model for other countries and promoter of new initiatives in (Pest Risk Analyses) PRA's and (Geographical Information Systems) GIS.

MISSION

Support the sanitary safe commerce of agricultural products in the international markets.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

  • Ease international commercialization.
  • Provide phytosanitary information.
  • Propose mitigation measures.
  • Prevent pests introduction risk.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

 

 

 

 

  • Develop Pest Risk Analyses (PRA's).
  • Increase exportation potential of plant products.
  • Design Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for agricultural products with exportation potential

STRATEGY

  • Establish alliances between public and private institutions.

  • Propose risk mitigation methods that are accepted by phytosanitary authority of the importing country

PRA  PEST RISK ANALYSIS

Methods to mitigate the pest risk introduction in the Importing country

 

 

  • Inspection / Pre-clearance (i.e. for flowers).
  • Exportation from Free Areas.
  • Low prevalence Area.
  • Managing by Systems Approach

Quarantine treatments to control the pest introduction & reproduction

  • Fumigation.
  • Hot water treatment (mango).
  • Hot vapor heat (pitaya).
  • Cold treatment (cape gooseberry).
  • Irradiation

ALLIANCES

  • COORDINATOR PRA 
  • COORDINATOR GIS 
  • ADMINISTRATIVE 
  • SECRETARY RECEPTION

  • PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

  • COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

  • MAINTENANCE 

  • PROJECTS REVISION

ALLIANCES Other institutions

  • TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE,
  • ADMINISTRATION

  • PLANT GENETICS

  • RESEARCH

  • TRAINING

ALLIANCES OTHERS

USAID, ASOFRUCOL, ASSOCIATIONS, ASOCOLFLORES,..

Agricultural Colombian Institute (ICA) www.ica.gov.co
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS www.aphis.usda.gov
Food And Drug Administration FDA www.fda.gov
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) www.usda.gov
Internacional Center for Tropical Agricultura (CIAT) www.ciat.cgiar.org
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agricultura (IICA) www.iica.int
Colombian Corporation for Agricultural and Fish Investigation (CORPOICA) www.corpoica.org.co
Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry of Colombia www.minagricultura.gov.co
Foreign Trade Ministry of Colombia www.mincomex.gov.co
Colombian Association for Fruits and Vegetables (ASOHOFRUCOL) www.asohofrucol.com
Corporation Colombia International (CCI) www.cci.org.co
Promotion Fund for Exportations of Colombia (PROEXPORT) www.proexport.gov.co
Colombian Institute for the Development of the Science and Technology www.colciencias.gov.co
Colombo-American Chamber of Commerce www.amchamcolombia.com.co
National Association of Exporters       www.analdex.org

PRODUCTS

PRA 

  • 10 - 15 PROJECTS PER ANNUM.
  • POTENTIAL PLANTS FOR EXPORTATION APPROVED AND COORDINATED BY ICA. 
  • PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION STANDARDIZED BY IMPORTING COUNTRY. 
  • RISK MITIGATION TECHNIQUES. 
  • QUARANTINE AND INVESTIGATION MEASURES.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

 

 

 

  • FRUIT FLY TRAPPING REPORTS.
  • PESTS DISTRIBUTION .
  • RESEARCH IN NEW PRODUCTION ZONES WITH POTENTIAL FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

ABOUT

  • MODEL PROGRAM FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.
  • HEMISPHERIC CONSOLIDATION OF INFORMATION OF PEST DISTRIBUTIONS.
  • SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.
  • PHYTOSANITARY AND SECURITY RISKS.

ORGANIZATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Darya Chehrezad USDA – APHIS-IS, Area Director for Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Juan A. Santaella ICA, General Manager.

Jorge Caro Crapivinsky IICA, Director for Colombia.

David Cano USAID, Alternative Development Program Specialist.

Robert Griffin USDA-APHIS-CPHST, Director Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory.

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Jorge Gómez ICA, Sub-Director of Agricultural Protection and Regulation.

Edilberto Brito ICA, International Affairs and Risk Analysis Group Coordinator.

Jaime Cárdenas ICA, Phytosanitary Risk Prevention Group Coordinator, CEF Technical Coordinator.

Hernán Arango ICA, PRA Specialist.

Alcibíades Suárez ICA, PRA Specialist.

Fabián Arévalo ICA, GIS Specialist.

Herberth Matheus ICA, GIS Specialist.

Camilo Echeverri USDA – APHIS-IS, Agricultural Specialist, CEF Technical Coordinator.

Sandra Navia USDA- APHIS-IS, CEF Administrative Coordinator.

Pilar Agudelo IICA, CEF Administrative Coordinator.

Mauricio Marroquín CEF, Systems and Network Consultant.

Carlos Lozano CEF, Commercial – Public Relations Coordinator

Luis F. Morales CEF, GIS Specialist.

Francisco González CEF, Fruit Fly Specialist.

Pedro A. Peña CEF, GIS Assistant.

Elkin Florez CEF, Coordinator CEMIP

Darío Corredor CEF, Consultant CEMIP.

Gloria Vidal CEF, Consultant CEMIP.

Boris Orduz CEF, PRA Specialist.

Olivier Parfait CEF, PRA Specialist.

Guiovanni Zambrano CEF, PRA Specialist.

Luis E. Forero CEF, PRA Specialist.

Nancy Arcienagas CEF, PRA Specialist.

Elsa Helena Moreno B CEF, PRA Specialist.

Aura Cecilia Burgos CEF, PRA Specialist.

Mónica Gallo CEF, PRA Specialist.

Ana Milena Cruz CEF, Assistant.

PRA SPECIES

Centro de Excelencia Fitosanitaria

Carrera 13 No. 37 – 37 Piso 6 Edificio Cavipetrol .

Telefax: (571) 2328218 – 2328219

Bogota Colombia

Email

General: cef@colomsat.net.co

Comercial: cef-com@colomsat.net.co

Subcentro ARP: cef-arp@colomsat.net.co

Subcentro SIG: cef-sig@colomsat.net.co