AIPH invites growers and industry associations from around the world to join its discussion on the plant health challenges facing growers in different countries, at the AIPH Spring Meeting 2017.
The meeting will hear presentations from Europe, North and South America and Asia on the challenges for growers, what is being done and what needs to change. In addition an afternoon session will be open to non-members to share initiatives and ideas on Green City and on Plant Health with presentations from AIPH members as well as the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).
Martin Ward, Director General of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), will present to the meeting the role of the organisation and how it can work more closely with industry to reduce plant health threats.
AIPH members are active in promoting Green City concepts and members will share activities underway in their own countries. Plant health threats and controls have a major impact on the movement and trade in plants and flowers. AIPH is working on understanding these concerns from all over the world and developing solutions that will improve the industry overall.
Those attending also have the option to join a trip to the nearby IPM Essen trade fair, the world’s leading trade fair for horticulture, and to enjoy the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2017 gala dinner which will be held at the Colosseum Theatre in Essen on 24 January.
Nine finalists are already announced for the 2017 International Grower of the Year awards.
Speaking about the event AIPH Secretary General, Tim Briercliffe said: “Holding our event near Essen in 2017 gives us the opportunity to share what we are doing with many other grower representatives from around the world and we warmly invite them to join us and tie in this extra day alongside a visit to the great IPM Essen trade fair”.
