511) Member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation on the road to adopting the IPPC ePhyto Solution

Rome, 18 September 2023. Member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) are taking strides to facilitate safe …

512) Climate change, plant health and biodiversity webinar paves the way to the International Plant Health Conference

Rome, 30 June 2021. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat gathered the plant health community together on 30 June …

513) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in Australia

In August 2024, ToBRFV was detected in commercially grown glasshouse Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) plants at three properties in the Northern …

514) Paving a new direction to plant health standards: the IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards

Rome, 31 May 2022. Setting a new direction to the plant health community on developing commodity-specific standards for phytosanitary measures, …

515) Five new IPPC Diagnostic Protocols adopted!

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that five new diagnostic protocols (DPs) have been adopted by the Standards Committee …

516) Webinar highlights role of new IPPC guides and e-learning courses in strengthening phytosanitary capacity

Rome, 9 November 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat successfully held a webinar to introduce a range of …

517) 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 …

518) IPPC Community / Countries / National Reporting Obligations / IPPC Monthly Pest Reporting Summary – September 2025

519) Deadline extended: Call for nominations for CPM Focus Group on global phytosanitary research coordination

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat has extended to Monday, 12 July 2024, the deadline for the call for …

520) Occurrence of melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae) in Mozambique

The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of about 250 tephrites of economic importance worldwide (Vayssiéres, 1998; …