211) EU-funded IPPC project to help strengthen plant health gets underway in 9 African Union countries

The IPPC Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) and the FAO/WHO Food Control System Assessment tools are being used in “Strengthening food …

212) SPOTLIGHT: Q&A with Gabrielle Vivian-Smith

On 11 February, the world commemorated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an opportunity to promote full …

213) Think before you click - Mitigating the risks of e-commerce to plant health

11/05/2023

214) Kenya receives tablet computers, trains plant health inspectors in digital pest surveillance

Nairobi, 5 November 2024. The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) received 40 tablets from the International Plant Protection Convention …

215) 2025 IPPC consultation period is now open

Consultation period: 1 July – 30 September 2025

216) Africa Phytosanitary Programme to boost Morocco’s fight against plant pests

Rabat, 9 July 2024. The Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Forests and the National Office of Food …

217) Strengthening global partnerships: IPPC participates in World Customs Organization Round Table

Brussels, 26 April 2024 - The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the 243rd/244th Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) …

218) South-South Cooperation: End of project heralds positive changes for plant health in Cambodia and Sri Lanka

Rome, 25 January 2024. December 2023 marked the end of a seven-year intervention led by the International Plant Protection Convention …

219) Revised draft phytosanitary standard expected to protect plants, global trade from fruit flies

Members of the Expert Working Group on (ISPM) 26 - Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)

220) Meloidogyne chitwoodi pest report

The pest has been detected in one field in eastern England which was pre-emptively tested for free-living nematodes by the …