341) 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 …

342) Caribbean region actively engaged in the IPPC Regional Workshop

Rome, 30 August 2021. The 2021 IPPC Regional Workshop for the Caribbean was held virtually from 24 to 26 August …

343) Blog: Why plant health matters in the One Health approach

By Osama El-Lissy, IPPC Secretary

344) 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 …

345) Language Review Group (LRG) versions of CPM-16 (2022) adopted standards now posted in Arabic (Ar), Chinese (Zh), Russian (Ru) and Spanish (Es)

All LRG reviewed documents are now available in Arabic (Ar), Chinese (Zh), Russian (Ru) and Spanish (Es), as listed below. …

346) IPPC Regional Workshop discussed plant health priority issues in Near East and North Africa

Rome, 10 August 2021. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Regional Workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) …

347) First G20 Agriculture Deputies Meeting (Food and Water) held in Riyadh

Riyadh, 27 January 2020– The Presidency of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the first G20 Agriculture Deputies Meeting (ADM) on …

348) 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 …

349) 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 …

350) Core Activities / Cooperation between Standards & Implementation / IPPC Observatory / Blog: General surveys: Rethinking the design for better results

By Brent Larson