41) IPPC Committee fast-tracks plant health standards implementation

Rome, 9 June 2025 - The Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met …

42) IPPC Standards Committee advances key draft standards and strategic reforms

Rome, 16 May 2025. The Standards Committee (SC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) concluded its May 2025 session …

43) SPOTLIGHT: Ethiopia’s phytosanitary capacity assessment to build stronger systems and accelerate legal reform

While Ethiopia has been providing phytosanitary services for over three decades to protect and conserve the country’s agriculture and biodiversity, …

44) Global Webinar Showcases Smart Plant Health Innovations to the International Community

Rome, 21 May 2025 – Digital diagnostics, artificial intelligence-driven pest detection, and smart surveillance tools took the spotlight during a …

45) National Parks Board

The Singapore government has announced that with effective on 1 Apr 2019, a Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be formed …

46) Spotlight: IPPC phytosanitary capacity development in action

Rome, 20 March 2025. Delegates at the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19), commended the progress in …

47) Draft standards on banana and fresh taro approved for stakeholder consultation

Rome, 28 July 2025. Two draft standards in the trade of banana (Musa spp.) and fresh taro (Colocasia esculenta) have …

48) SPOTLIGHT: Dominican Republic leads with One Health innovation to safeguard food security

As an island nation deeply reliant on agriculture and tourism, the Dominican Republic faces unique risks from the introduction and …

49) Spotlight: Thorwald Geuze, from the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority of the Netherlands, speaks about the importance of e-commerce and IPPC Observatory surveys

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Thorwald Geuze, Senior Plant Health Officer at the Ministry of …

50) Global webinar showcases new IPPC Plant Health Campus to strengthen phytosanitary capacity

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