A consultative meeting on the emerging pest ‘Thaumatotibia leucotreta’ held at Capital hotel today, in the presence of Ambassador Diriba Kuma, Director General for Ethiopian Agriculture Authority, representatives from Agriculture Councel section at The Kingdom of The Netherlands Embassy in Ethiopia and Horticulture export farms in Ethiopia.

The meeting is expected to create a concessions to address the immediate requests of the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety.

Thaumatotibia leucotreta is one of the pests with the greatest economic and environmental impact according to the EU.