111) Strengthening Paraguay's Phytosanitary Control System with FAO and IPPC Cooperation

Asunción, February 20, 2024 – Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE) of Paraguay, the Food …

112) Kenya and the Africa Phytosanitary Programme: Advancing plant health and sustaining safe trade

Nairobi, 10 July 2024. As part of its steadfast efforts to foster plant health and sustainable, safe international trade in …

113) Simulation exercises: A crucial tool in combatting emerging pests

In the ongoing battle against agricultural pests, simulation exercises have emerged as a critical component of global plant protection strategies. …

114) 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 …

115) CPM Focus Group on Sea Containers Meeting Concludes in Rome

Rome, 13 December 2024. The CPM Focus Group on Sea Containers held its first physical meeting from December 9 to …

116) Plant health and e-commerce: Countries share knowledge, experiences to protect plant resources and trade

Rome, 16 April 2024. On the margins of the 18th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-18), IPPC contracting …

117) Events / Webinars, Workshops and Symposia / Enhancing the quality of new topic proposals for plant health standards and IPPC implementation

IPPC Call for Topics Background Following the decisions made by the Nineteenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19), …

118) Resources / Top crops: Why protecting them from plant pests matter / Half of the world eats rice. Are you one of them?

Resources / Top crops: Why protecting them from plant pests matter / Half of the world eats rice

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

For over a decade, South Africa has used a public-private partnership approach to manage the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata …

120) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / IPPC monthly pest reporting summary – July 2025

Pest reporting is a key component of the National Reporting Obligations (NROs) under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). Prompt …