SPOTLIGHT: Zimbabwe to combat plant pests with quarantine upgrades

Posted on ثلاثاء, 03 يونيو 2025, 13:17

Zimbabwe is upgrading its quarantine systems, constructing new border posts and inspection procedures, as new plant pests recently detected in Africa pose significant risks to the country’s agricultural sector.

In particular, the 2024 discovery of Goss’s Wilt in neighboring South …

SPOTLIGHT: Dominican Republic leads with One Health innovation to safeguard food security

Posted on إثنين, 12 مايو 2025, 16:12

As an island nation deeply reliant on agriculture and tourism, the Dominican Republic faces unique risks from the introduction and spread of plant pests. These threats—intensified by global trade, tourism, and climate change—can jeopardize key crops such as plantains, beans, …

SPOTLIGHT: As its economy grows, Uganda prepares to increase exports of fresh plant produce

Posted on ثلاثاء, 22 إبريل 2025, 08:21

Cut flowers, live trees, avocados, bananas, and green chilies. In the last 20 years, Uganda’s exports, which are dominated by plants and plant products, have increased sixfold to more than USD 6 billion a year. Driven by demand and government …

SPOTLIGHT: Public-private partnership saves South Africa’s fruit industry from the Mediterranean fruit fly

Posted on ثلاثاء, 08 إبريل 2025, 11:38

For over a decade, South Africa has used a public-private partnership approach to manage the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)), or Medfly, which threatens its fruit industry. Considering this an effective pest management approach, the Strategic Planning Group …

Spotlight: IPPC phytosanitary capacity development in action

Posted on ثلاثاء, 25 مارس 2025, 08:13

Rome, 20 March 2025. Delegates at the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19), commended the progress in developing and adopting International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) implementation and capacity development (ICD) resources and called for more funding. From …

Q&A with Mr. Gregory Wolff, CPM Chairperson (2023-2025)

Posted on إثنين, 24 فبراير 2025, 10:28

The current Chair of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) reached out to the International Plant Protection (IPPC) Secretariat and shared his thoughts as outgoing Chairperson, his views on main CPM achievements, addressing challenges and passing on the baton to …

SPOTLIGHT: Artificial Intelligence transforms the fight against Fusarium Tropical Race 4 of banana in Mesoamerica

Posted on إثنين, 17 فبراير 2025, 07:14

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming everyday life; from providing virtual customer assistance and helping doctors perform complex surgeries to enabling drones for irrigation and fertilizer application. AI is also enhancing plant health and protection with innovative applications and models …

SPOTLIGHT: Temarama Anguna- Kamana, incoming CPM Bureau representative for the Southwest Pacific region and One Health and Capacity Development champion

Posted on جمعة, 13 ديسمبر 2024, 12:20

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Temarama Anguna-Kamana, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Cook Islands and the incoming Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau representative for the Southwest Pacific Region

Welcome Temarama! Could …

SPOTLIGHT: Barbara Peterson shares her experience, as an in-kind contribution, working at the IPPC Secretariat

Posted on جمعة, 29 نوفمبر 2024, 08:00

Josephine Mphozongo (Malawi Department of Agriculture Research Services), Barbara Peterson and Elizabeth Mumba (Malawi Ministry of Trade and Industry) during the second PCE mission in Malawi at a mango production and processing facility, "Malawi Mangoes" (Salima, Malawi) © FAO

As …

SPOTLIGHT: Bridging plant health policy implementation gaps

Posted on ثلاثاء, 26 نوفمبر 2024, 12:58

It all starts with healthy plants. Healthy plants are crucial for life on land, particularly in agriculture and crop production. Healthy plants are essential for achieving several international and regional ambitions such as some of the United Nations Sustainable Development …

SPOTLIGHT: Adopting and promoting global paperless trade using ePhytos: the experience of the Republic of Korea

Posted on جمعة, 18 أكتوبر 2024, 12:27

Article IV of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) mandates national plant protection organizations (NPPOs), guardians of plant health within IPPC contracting parties, to issue certificates for consignments of plants and plant products, ensuring they meet importing countries’ phytosanitary requirements. …

Spotlight: Thorwald Geuze, from the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority of the Netherlands, speaks about the importance of e-commerce and IPPC Observatory surveys

Posted on خميس, 03 أكتوبر 2024, 12:30

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Thorwald Geuze, Senior Plant Health Officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs - Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority – of the Netherlands, Vice Chair of the Implementation and Capacity …

SPOTLIGHT: Know your job and be kind. Osama El-Lissy’s message as he retires from the IPPC

Posted on ثلاثاء, 03 سبتمبر 2024, 08:00

SPOTLIGHT: How IPPC e-Learning can help to enhance phytosanitary excellence: a personal account from the NPPO of Zambia

Posted on جمعة, 23 أغسطس 2024, 11:22

Did you know that one of the areas of focus of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, and specifically the Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU), is to develop capacity development materials, on key phytosanitary topics? Did you know that …