41) SPOTLIGHT: Setting the standard: the global efforts behind plant health protection

Plant pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40 percent of global food crops every year. International standards …

42) Spring’s Secret Ally: How the UN Helps Our Gardens Bloom

It’s May, and gardeners worldwide are back in the dirt. But while we’re deciding between cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, there’s …

43) 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 …

44) SPOTLIGHT: Zimbabwe to combat plant pests with quarantine upgrades

Zimbabwe is upgrading its quarantine systems, constructing new border posts and inspection procedures, as new plant pests recently detected in …

45) 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 …

46) 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 …

47) 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, …

48) Eradication of potato spindle tuber viroid detected in Japan

Potato spindle tuber viroid（Pospiviroid fusituberis, PSTVd）was detected in tomato in Fukushima prefecture in 2008, in dahlia in Yamanashi prefecture the …

49) Eradication of potato spindle tuber viroid detected in Japan

Potato spindle tuber viroid（Pospiviroid fusituberis, PSTVd）was detected in tomato in Fukushima prefecture in 2008, in dahlia in Yamanashi prefecture the …

50) Eradication of potato spindle tuber viroid detected in Japan

Potato spindle tuber viroid（Pospiviroid fusituberis, PSTVd）was detected in tomato in Fukushima prefecture in 2008, in dahlia in Yamanashi prefecture the …