461) Uganda to undertake a Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation to boost agricultural trade

Kampala, 6 May 2024 – The Government of Uganda has embarked on a six month-long process of conducting a Phytosanitary …

462) Virtual roundtable on IYPH 2020 organized with the theme “Protecting plant health for a secure future: A call for global action”

Washington DC, 20 May 2020. FAO North America and Corteva Agriscience organized a virtual roundtable in the context of the …

463) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM Focus Group on Sea Containers

Background In 2015, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) agreed on a five-year hiatus from pursuing the development of a …

464) 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 …

465) Update on Emergency measures against CBCVd and HSVd on hop (Humulus lupulus)

Severe hop stunt disease was observed in 2007 on hops Humulus lupulus, grown as perennial industrial crop in Slovenia. On …

466) The passing of Mr. Agustín Mañe Ela ANDEME, the IPPC contact point and Director of Equatorial Guinea NPPO

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Agustín Mañe Ela ANDEME, the IPPC contact point …

467) Work Area / Technical Panels Work Area / Technical panel on diagnostic protocols (TPDP) / Virtual meetings / 2022 April virtual meeting

Dear TPDP members and Steward

468) 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 …

469) New opportunity to strengthen regional coordination of phytosanitary issues in Africa

26 February 2021 - The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat convenes regular Technical Consultations of representatives of regional plant …

470) Eradication of Sweet potato weevil（Cylas formicarius）in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

In October 2022, Sweet potato weevil（Cylas formicarius）was detected in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture in Japan.