381) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / Trade facilitation

Trade facilitation - the simplification, modernization and harmonization of export and import processes - has emerged as an important issue …

382) The second virtual meeting of the IPPC Secretariat’s staff held to continuously advance its work programme during the Covid-19 pandemic

Rome, 11 June 2020 – The IPPC Secretariat organized the second virtual briefing to continuously advance its work programme during …

383) Let’s talk about commodity standards - CPM adopts standards on safe trade in plants and plant products

Rome, 8 April 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) adopted yesterday the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) number …

384) The International Forestry Quarantine Research Group Holds its 21st Annual Meeting in FAO HQ

Rome, 04 November 2024. The 21st Annual meeting of the International Forest Quarantine Research Group (IFQRG) convened in FAO HQ. …

385) Meloidogyne enterolobii (Guava root knot nematode) in the NT and QLD

On 2 September 2022, M. enterolobii was detected in the greater Darwin region of the Northern Territory (NT). Following delimiting …

386) IPPC publishes new guide on wood packaging material

Rome, 3 May 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has published the new Guide to Regulation of Wood Packaging …

387) The IYPH International Steering Committee wraps up the Year and turns the focus on its legacies

Rome, 2 July 2021 – The International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) convened virtually …

388) Lucien Kouame Konan

For more than 35 years, Konan has been working on various aspects of the phytosanitary field. As former Chair of …

389) Uzbekistan President commends NPPO progress to boost better plant protection

Tashkent, 26 March 2024. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan praised the Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection …

390) African countries harness scientific advances, digital technology, improve technical capacity to prevent plant pests

Cairo, 25 September 2023. Eleven African countries are taking part in a training on advanced plant health science and state-of-the-art …