171) REGULATION ON HEAT TREATMENT AND MARKING OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS

The regulations regarding wood packaging materials are made by you as FAO in international trade. A contract with the short …

172) NEW IPPC e-learning course: Achieving market access for plants and plant products

Is your country working to expand trade in plants and plant products? The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the …

173) SPOTLIGHT: Barbara Peterson shares her experience, as an in-kind contribution, working at the IPPC Secretariat

Josephine Mphozongo (Malawi Department of Agriculture Research Services), Barbara Peterson and Elizabeth Mumba (Malawi Ministry of Trade and Industry) during …

174) Technical Panel on Commodity Standards Advances International Standards for Citrus, Banana and Taro Trade

Canberra, 9 December 2024. The Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) recently concluded its annual meeting in Canberra, Australia, achieving …

175) Organisational Arrangement of Plant Protection in Singapore

With the effective from 1 Apr 2019, a Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be firmed to replace the Agri-Food & …

176) COMING UP: Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP) national training workshops

The IPPC Secretariat is supporting the training of 350 plant health inspectors in eight African countries to hone their skills …

177) Support from the United Kingdom enables FAO to scale up pest monitoring and improve food security in Africa

Rome, 18 March 2025 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed a contribution of nearly …

178) Investing in biodiversity: unlocking greater returns

The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions stresses the contribution of biodiversity to national economies, livelihoods, human health and food …

179) Transforming pest surveillance: Africa Phytosanitary Programme leverages geospatial technology

Nairobi, 27 January 2025. Over 50 plant health officers from Africa are attending a week-long training in Pest monitoring and …

180) IPPC donates tablets to strengthen pest surveillance and agricultural resilience in Sierra Leone

Freetown, 5 February 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat donated 40 tablets to the Ministry of Agriculture and …