101) Core Activities / Trade facilitation / Sea Containers / International workshop on reducing the introduction of pests through the sea container pathway

Background National economies depend on the efficient and uninterrupted movement of trade, which is facilitated by the efficient movement of …

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

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

103) SPOTLIGHT: Ethiopia’s phytosanitary capacity assessment to build stronger systems and accelerate legal reform

While Ethiopia has been providing phytosanitary services for over three decades to protect and conserve the country’s agriculture and biodiversity, …

104) Seven IPPC regional workshops, one common agenda-strengthening global phytosanitary capacity

Rome, 30 September 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat successfully conducted seven high-level technical workshops in seven regions …

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

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

106) African countries to improve trade systems and capitalize on their agricultural resources

Rome, 18 April 2025. Countries in Africa’s south and east are planning major overhauls to their trade and quarantine operations, …

107) Now Available the Preliminary Programme for the IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches!

We are pleased to announce that the Preliminary Detailed Programme for the IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches is now …

108) CPM-19 approves the development of International Standard on Phytosanitary Measures for Humanitarian Aid

Rome, 20 March 2025 – In a significant move to protect global plant health during humanitarian crises, the Commission on …

109) Lists of harmful organisms for plants, plant products and objects under supervision

New legislation on phytosanitary import requirements is published and it will come into force on January 1, 2024. Lists of …

110) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / Sea Containers / International workshop on pest risk mitigation of sea containers and their cargoes and the facilitation of international trade - defining the way forward

Background In 2022, the International Workshop on Reducing the Introduction of Pests through the Sea Container Pathway was held on …