{"id":89764,"date":"2024-01-16T22:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T20:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa"},"modified":"2024-01-17T02:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:07:59","slug":"zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Suspends Potato Imports From South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe has suspended the importation of potatoes and related products from South Africa after a pepper ringspot virus was detected in potato cultivars in its neighbour, reported ZBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Obert Jiri said that the suspension of potato imports from South Africa is meant to protect local farmers. He said:<\/p>\n<p>We received a report of a new virus in South Africa called paper ring sport virus which is affecting potatoes in South Africa, we are really on the watch because that might also affect our potatoes and potato farmers.<\/p>\n<p>We will restrict from now the importation of potatoes so we can protect our farmers from the ringspot virus as we do further assessments.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspension is in line with the Plant Pest and Disease Act Chapter 19.08.<br \/>\nLate last month the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) announced that Pepper ringspot virus (PEPRSV) had been detected in various Provinces of South Africa including in October 2022 in a commercial potato planting in Polokwane, Capricorn District Municipality, Limpopo Province.<\/p>\n<p>PEPRSV is primarily transmitted by nematodes, which are microscopic worm-like organisms found in soil.<\/p>\n<p>These nematodes feed on the roots of infected plants and can transmit the virus to healthy plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has suspended the importation of potatoes and related products from South Africa after a pepper ringspot virus was detected in potato cultivars in its neighbour, reported ZBC News. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Obert Jiri said that the suspension of potato imports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[1493,2189,16213,16212,16211,19],"class_list":["post-89764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-pepper-ringspot-virus","tag-peprsv","tag-potatoes","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe Suspends Potato Imports From South Africa - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zimbabwe has suspended the importation of potatoes and related products from South Africa after a pepper ringspot virus ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe Suspends Potato Imports From South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabwe has suspended the importation of potatoes and related products from South Africa after a pepper ringspot virus ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-16T20:54:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-17T00:07:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/01\/sm_1705433451.494699.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zimbabwe Suspends Potato Imports From South Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-16T20:54:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-17T00:07:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/01\/sm_1705433451.494699.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Pepper ringspot virus\",\"PEPRSV\",\"Potatoes\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-suspends-potato-imports-from-south-africa\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Suspends Potato Imports From South Africa - 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