331) FAO Director-General calls for investments on plant health to ensure global food security

PRESS RELEASE. 17 March 2025, Rome. The plant health community gathers this week at the headquarters of the Food and …

332) IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee presents its remarkable achievements

Rome, 7 April 2022. The Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) presented today …

333) Workshop on pest risk mitigation of sea containers happening in July

The IPPC Secretariat wishes to inform the plant health community of the upcoming international workshop on "Pest risk mitigation of …

334) SPOTLIGHT: Know your job and be kind. Osama El-Lissy’s message as he retires from the IPPC

Osama El-Lissy is retiring as Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), an Article XIV body of FAO. He …

335) Taking stock and planning for a responsive IPPC: Update from the CPM Bureau and Strategic Planning Group meetings

Rome, 22 October 2023. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau and the Strategic Planning Group of the International Plant …

336) Placing digital technology at the service of Plant Health and trade: International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Regional workshop for Africa

Kinshasa, 20 August 2024. The annual regional International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) workshop for Africa has begun in Kinshasa, Democratic …

337) Saving Guinea-Bissau’s crops and trade from pests: Plant health technicians trained in the use of modern pest prevention tools

Participants of the training workshop pose with Fatumata Djau Baldé, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Guinea-Bissau (second row, …

338) IPPC Pest Alert – First Detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America

On March 3, 2025, the IPPC Secretariat issued a new Pest Alert following the first confirmed detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis …

339) IPPC-OIRSA ePhyto workshop strengthens plant health and safe trade in Latin America

Rome, 31 August 2023. The International Regional Organization for Animal and Plant Health (OIRSA - Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad …

340) Member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation on the road to adopting the IPPC ePhyto Solution

Rome, 18 September 2023. Member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) are taking strides to facilitate safe …