Join the IPPC Workshop on Systems Approaches!

Posted on ثلاثاء, 07 أكتوبر 2025, 07:00

Regional voices, global impact: Tackling plant health challenges together

Posted on ثلاثاء, 30 سبتمبر 2025, 18:11

Rome, 30 September 2025. From creating innovative pest surveillance tools to developing strategies to address the risk of pest spread through international movements of sea containers, countries in seven regions implementing the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) demonstrated the …

Enhancing local capacity for digital surveillance of key quarantine pests in Zimbabwe

Posted on خميس, 25 سبتمبر 2025, 11:52

FAO, IPPC, Zimbabwe government host training to strengthen the country’s capacity to protect plant resources and facilitate trade

25/09/2025

This week, Zimbabwe is hosting a pivotal training workshop aimed at enhancing local capacity for digital surveillance of key quarantine pests. …

Plant health officers in Europe commend the IPPC Plant Health Campus as a vital learning tool

Posted on إثنين, 22 سبتمبر 2025, 13:05

Delegates from European Union Member States and their partner organizations attending the Working Party of Chief Plant Health Officers (CPHOs) on 16 September in Brussels, Belgium, praised the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) for its IPPC Plant Health Campus initiative. …

FAO, IPPC call for global adoption of ePhyto to boost plant trade

Posted on جمعة, 19 سبتمبر 2025, 08:25

At the World Trade Organization Public Forum, FAO and IPPC champion the ePhyto Solution, a paperless, borderless system transforming trade in plants and plant products

18/09/2025

Geneva, Switzerland – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the …

SPOTLIGHT: Building a resilient frontline against plant pests in Mali

Posted on ثلاثاء, 09 سبتمبر 2025, 07:37

Agriculture is vital to Mali’s economy and food security, with mango production playing a significant role in enhancing livelihoods for millions of farmers and creating jobs across the value chain. The West African country produces about 800 000 tonnes of …

Two new diagnostic protocols adopted to strengthen plant pest detection

Posted on أحد, 31 أغسطس 2025, 09:01

Rome, 27 August 2025. Two new diagnostic protocols (DP) have been adopted under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) to support countries in accurately detecting and identifying harmful plant pests to enhance controls and management strategies. Following the IPPC …

BLOG: To end global hunger, more robust efforts are needed to protect plants

Posted on إثنين, 04 أغسطس 2025, 14:38

By Sarah Brunel, IPPC Secretariat Officer-in-charge and Team Lead, Implementation and Facilitation Unit

What if we can build a world where no one goes hungry?

It may be utopian. But we hold no excuse not to keep moving the needle. …

Draft standards on banana and fresh taro approved for stakeholder consultation

Posted on إثنين, 28 يوليو 2025, 11:55

Rome, 28 July 2025. Two draft standards in the trade of banana (Musa spp.) and fresh taro (Colocasia esculenta) have been approved for public consultation within countries that are signatories of the International Plant Protection Convention …

How climate change impacts plant health - and why it matters for One Health

Posted on ثلاثاء, 22 يوليو 2025, 13:56

Across the world, climate change is shifting the delicate balance that keeps plants – and everything they support - healthy. As temperatures rise, rains become less predictable, and extreme weather strikes more often, plant pests and diseases are spreading in …

Landmark IPPC project put African countries on the path for better trade

Posted on جمعة, 18 يوليو 2025, 07:14

Rome, 17 July 2025. African countries are poised to capitalize from a landmark trade and quarantine project, which provided countries with critical skills and capacity to guard against agricultural plant pests and take advantage of the continent’s vast natural …

SPOTLIGHT: Setting the standard: the global efforts behind plant health protection

Posted on ثلاثاء, 08 يوليو 2025, 11:43

Plant pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40 percent of global food crops every year. International standards help countries protect plant health and secure food supplies for a growing world population. ©FAO/Miguel Schincariol

How international standards keep …

SPOTLIGHT: How the IPPC Plant Health Campus is shaping the future of global learning — with Sarah Brunel and Cristina Petracchi

Posted on خميس, 26 يونيو 2025, 08:31

As a spotlight feature for this month we speak to Sarah Brunel, IPPC Officer in charge for day-to-day matters and Implementation and Facilitation Unit Lead, IPPC Secretariat and Cristina Petracchi, Head of the FAO elearning Academy

What is the IPPC …

Global webinar showcases new IPPC Plant Health Campus to strengthen phytosanitary capacity

Posted on ثلاثاء, 24 يونيو 2025, 08:13

A learning platform built for everyone, everywhere

What if every plant protection officer, researcher, or student could access free, high-quality training at their fingertips — anytime, anywhere, even with limited internet? This was the vision brought to life in the …