1) IPPC global workshop charts new path for Systems Approaches in plant health

Santiago, Chile. 15 December 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and its community successfully concluded the IPPC Global Workshop …

2) SPOTLIGHT: From vulnerability to food resilience: Improved pest surveillance to catalyse Sierra Leone’s agricultural improvement

On a scorching afternoon, in Sumbuya village, Kakua chiefdom, Bo District, three farm workers—Mamie Squire, Mohamed Yambasu and Morie Lavai …

3) How the next-generation of Commodity Standards are shaping safer global trade — with Joanne Wilson and Lihong Zhu

In this month’s spotlight, we highlight the work of the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) through insights from its …

4) Call for Submissions to participate in the Plant Health Innovation Fair at CPM-20

(Follow-up and Extension of the Original Call)

5) Report of Asiatic brown rot (Monilinia polystroma) in Quebec, Canada / Signalement de la pourriture brune asiatique (Monilinia polystroma) au Québec, Canada

On October 27, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of Asiatic brown rot (Monilinia polystroma) in …

6) Primera detección de marchitez por Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Raza 4 Tropical – FocR4T en la República del Ecuador

Notificación: La Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario - Agrocalidad, en su calidad de autoridad nacional responsable de …

7) IPPC Standards Committee advances draft standards and strengthens procedures at the November 2025 meeting

Rome, 28 November 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) Standards Committee (SC) concluded its November 2025 meeting at FAO …

8) Call for Experts for the Steering Group of the Pest Outbreak Alert and Response System (POARS)

Background

9) LEADER’S BLOG: Cook Islands: A small nation takes a big leap towards digitalization to transform trade

By Temarama Anguna-Kamana

10) PRESS RELEASE: IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches starts today

Santiago, Chile — 1–5 December 2025 — The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute …