131) COMESA countries upgrade laboratory diagnostic capacity to manage Fusarium TR4

Vienna, 26 April 2024. Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region have taken a …

132) 2025-10 IPPC Call for Experts – Expert Working Group - Safe provision of humanitarian aid in the phytosanitary context

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to establish an Expert Working Group …

133) BREAKING NEWS: Major advancement in Plant Health Education with the launch of the IPPC Plant Health Campus

Rome, Italy – 19 March 2025 – A significant milestone in global plant health capacity development was achieved with the …

134) CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid Concludes in Barbados

Bridgetown, 15 October 2024. The CPM Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid concluded its first …

135) Plant health is key to human, animal and environmental health as world celebrates International Day of Plant Health

San Salvador, 12 May 2025. Plant health is the foundation of life and of food security, and is thus at …

136) 2025 IPPC Consultation Period is Now Closed

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the consultation period for …

137) The Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrates 125 years of protecting plant health, our health

Wageningen, 28 November 2024. The national plant protection organization (NPPO) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated its 125th anniversary …

138) Revamped IPPC webpage to serve as hub for resources on e-commerce and plant health

Every second, e-commerce generates about 5 000 new parcels moving around the world by mail or courier. The exponential increase …

139) SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with John Hedley

Back in 1989, John Hedley was one of the pioneers who developed the first International Standard for Phytosanitary Measure (ISPM). …

140) Call for Resources: Strengthening the Evidence Base on the Impact and Management of Clavibacter nebraskensis

Issued by the IPPC Secretariat under the Pest Outbreak and Alert Response Systems (POARS)