301) STDF Working Group Convenes in Geneva to discuss new Strategy and Project Approvals

Geneva, 13 November 2024 – The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Working Group met 6-7 November, at the World …

302) Management of Papaya Mealy Bug (Paracoccus marginatus) out break in India

Papaya mealy bug Paracoccus marginatus is an invasive pest. The pest was first observed in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu during …

303) The New National Plant Quarantine Services Division Organizational Chart

The National Plant Quarantine Services Division (NPQSD) is a division under the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). BPI, being a …

304) The New National Plant Quarantine Services Division Organizational Chart

The Plant Quarantine Service of the Bureau of Plant Industry was rationalized in 2015 which became the National Plant Quarantine …

305) 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 …

306) 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 …

307) IPPC regional workshop for Europe and Central Asia was held successfully in Baku and Paris

The 2022 IPPC Regional workshop for Europe and Central Asia was organized in Baku, Azerbaijan with online participants connecting from …

308) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) absent from mainland Australia

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) was detected in Norfolk Island (an Australian external territory) in 2014. CLso is not known to …

309) Two new diagnostic protocols adopted to prevent harmful pests to crops

Rome, 21 November 2023. The Standards Committee, on behalf of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), has adopted two diagnostic …

310) Work Area / Technical Panels Work Area / TP Glossary / TPG December 2023 / Finalized papers

You can find here the finalized papers coming out from the December 2023 TPG meeting.