Fruit Fly Vapour Heat Disinfestation for Vietnam fresh fruit: an example of technical cooperation experiences with JICA (20052008)

Good Practice in SPS-related Technical Cooperation

Fruit Fly Vapour Heat
Disinfestation for Vietnam
fresh fru it: an example of
technical cooperation
experiences with JICA
(2005-2008)
Dr. Nguyen Huu Dat

PEQ II, Plant Protection Department,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam


Structure of Presentation
I. Introduction to project
II. Process of project implementation
III. Outcomes of the project
IV. Lessons learnt


I. Introduction
 The reason why we selected the project
 Practical demand for assistance
 Project purpose


The reason why
 Plant quarantine system and technical

skills of Vietnam quarantine staff were
not sufficiently developed to meet the
challenges of international trade
requirements.
 Training needed to be able to access

export markets.


Practical demand for assistance
 VietNam requested the Government of Japan to

provide technical assistance in fruit fly
disinfestation of fresh fruit
 A JICA-funded (Japan International Cooperation

Agency) project was proposed


Project purpose
 Vietnamese staff is capable of applying
Vietnamese staff trained to be capable of
disinfestation
technique
of fruit
flies
that
applying
disinfestation
technique

of fruit
flies
complies
standard
that
complieswith
with international
international standard
to to
improve
access
of Vietnamese
dragon
fruit to
improve
Vietnamese
dragon
fruits’
international
access to market.
international market.
Leading to

Lift Japanese ban on imports of
Vietnamese dragon fruit


II. Process of project
implementation
Duration of Project

 3 years: March 2005 until end of February 2008

Site of Project
 Post-Entry Quarantine Centre No. II under Plant Protection

Department (PPD) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD)


Identification of target commodity

Dragon fruit

Hylocereus costaricensis

Hylocereus undatus

Selenicereus megalanthus


Identification of target pests
Genus Bactrocera of family Tephritidae

B.correcta
B.dorsalis

B.cucurbitae


Series of experiments implemented

 Improvement of rearing methods for fruit flies based on previous

project work (CARD)
 Various machine performance tests conducted
 Experiments on how to avoid fruit injury
 Experiments to develop heat disinfestation treatment for dragon

fruit (e.g. hot water dipping tests, susceptibility tests, small and
large scale mortality tests)
 Data storage system developed and utilized


III. Outcomes of the
Project
Evaluation team recognized project results as excellence.
 Project achieved its objectives – expect that the import
ban on Vietnamese dragon fruit to Japanese market will
be lifted in December 2008
Availability of skilled staff
 Vietnamese staff continue to build on project success and
further develop capacity to meet the challenges ahead for
market access.



Submission of technical repor t
 Visit of Vietnamese officials to Japan in April 2008.
 Technical report for lifting the ban submitted to Japanese

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Mortality test

Injury test

Small scale mortality test

　 Small scale injury test

Large scale mortality test

Large scale injury test

Preparation of technical report


Import ban expected to be lifted
Official meeting between
two countries 　
(Discussion on plant
quarantine regulations)

 General evaluation by

JICA and MAFF
Public hearing
(Collection of public opinions on
lifting import ban of fruit)

Amendment of regulations

Commencement of Export
　
　 (Dispatch of
Japanese plant quarantine
inspector)

 Import ban on

Vietnamese dragon fruit
to Japan is expected to
be lifted in December
2008


Investment in commercial facility

 Investment in

commercial Vapor
Heat Treatment
(VHT) facility.
 Expected to be
fully operational by
December 2008.


IV. Lessons to be learned
1. Government priority
2. Human resource development
3. Provision and management of equipment

4. Contribution of Vietnamese Government
5. Impact of the US Notification on Irradiation
6. Ways in which the impact of technical assistance can
be maximized on trade performance
7. Lessons for other products and countries
8. Maintenance capabilities after end of project
9. Awareness raising
10. Difficulties and advantages


1. Gover n ment
priority
 Official meetings between our 2

countries were made by both high and
mid level officials
 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural

Development of Viet Nam requested the
Government of Japan to provide
technical assistance in fruit fly
disinfestations on fresh fruit


2. Human resource development
 Japanese experts provided on-site training for Vietnamese

staff
 12 persons trained in 2005 and 2006, and 8 persons trained in

2007-2008


Overseas training
 3 Vietnamese lab analysts attended technical

training in Okinawa, Japan in 2005, 2006 and
2007 (4 months)


Study tours
 Two study tours to Japan for 6 Vietnamese

managers to learn about Plant Quarantine
Administration (2005 and 2006)


The importance of their duties
 Commitment and performance of Vietnamese and Japanese

counterparts.
 Japanese scientists worked diligently and actively, and treated

very expeditiously all potential problems during experiments
and implementation.
 Vietnamese staff quickly learnt all theories, techniques and

practices taught by Japanese facilitators.

3. Provision and management
of equipment
 Modern machines and equipment provided
 Value of US$891,551 (total project budget was US$2.3 m)


Transportation: many hard works

 Transportation of imported equipments

from the port to the Quarantine Centre
(PEQC II)


Installation of
machiner y
Installation of machinery made by Sanchu Experts


Equipment management
Classification of every equipment


Equipment management
Studying how to select the correct method