Vacancy announcement

Posted on Wed, 07 Dec 2016, 08:30

The IPPC Secretariat is hiring a programme officer (P2) to work with the standard setting unit. Main tasks relate to facilitating the development of standards and publishing of standards in the official FAO languages. Read more about the duties of …

Capacity and Team Building of the IPPC Secretariat though Monitoring and Evaluation Training

Posted on Wed, 07 Dec 2016, 07:00

A monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training workshop of the IPPC Secretariat took place from 28-30 November 2016 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The workshop was facilitated by Ms Cecile Kusters from the Centre for Development Innovation of Wageningen University …

List of topics for IPPC standards updated!

Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2016, 16:24

The updated List of topics for IPPC standards has been posted today: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/list-topics-ippc-standards/

IYPH StC report posted!

Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2016, 15:19

The report of the first meeting of the IYPH Steering Committee has been posted today and is available at the following page: https://www.ippc.int/en/iyph/

Great Success for the IPPC Seminar on Plant Health and 'One Belt & One Road' Initiative in China

Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2016, 14:09

The IPPC Seminar on Plant Health and One Belt & One Road Initiative in China took place on 23 November 2016 at FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy. The Seminar was held in the context of the Formulation Workshop of the IPPC …

National Plant Protection Organizations contributions to addressing Antimicrobial Resistance

Posted on Tue, 06 Dec 2016, 08:33

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global issue that society as a whole needs to address, noted Codex members and observers at the Physical Working Group on Codex Alimentarius Work on Antimicrobial Resistance, held in London 29 November to 2 …

Management of pine beetle not working

Posted on Mon, 05 Dec 2016, 10:49

A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles-pheromone baiting-may actually help the pest s population increase, new research shows.

Extracted from Science Daily: Plants & Animals News. See more

Strong Support of the IPPC from China under the Framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation programme

Posted on Thu, 01 Dec 2016, 14:48

The formulation workshop on the IPPC project for strengthening the capacity of developing contracting parties to implement the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), under the Framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme took place in FAO Headquarters in …