Engage the media.

 Contact the media and call on them to spread the call for action and share plant health messages widely in print or online media. You can also try to initiate or take part in discussion panels, press conferences, media briefings and in radio or TV call-in or talk shows. 

Organize a plant health media workshop where journalists have a chance to meet and make contact with plant protection officers, scientists, researchers, etc.



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