521) 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 …

522) International Plant Health Conference in Helsinki is cancelled amid continued COVID-19 restrictions

Rome/Helsinki, 9 February 2021. On 2 February, representatives of member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), contracting parties …

523) IPPC Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian Aid discusses work programme

Rome, 16 December 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Focus Group on Safe Provision of Food and Other Humanitarian …

524) Lessons learned and outlooks from the IPPC Secretariat annual meeting

Rome, 28 January 2021. Despite the undeniable difficulties and changes it posed, the strike of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 …

525) The 2019 mid-year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat: reviewing key achievements and future plans

The IPPC Secretariat reviewed key achievements for the first half of 2019 and plans for the next semester at their …

526) FAO Deputy Director General officially opens the CPM-16 three-day annual conference

Rome, 5 April 2022 - The sixteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-16) kicked off virtually today. Jingyuan …

527) Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in New South Wales (NSW)

In January 2018, INSV was detected in lettuce crops at a farm in Elderslie, in the state of NSW. A …

528) First workshop held on Fusarium Tropical race 4 diagnostic

Rome, 25 March 2022. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat in collaboration with contracting parties and subject matter experts …

529) Now available: Translations of ISPMs and CPM Recommendation adopted by CPM-18

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant-health community that the four International Standards for …

530) IPPC Webinar: The Standard setting procedure – an overview

The international standards for plant health play a crucial role in protecting sustainable agriculture and global food security, the environment, …