551) Adapting to a changed world: Interview with the CPM Chairperson

Mr Francisco Javier Trujillo Arriaga is the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) contact point for Mexico and Director-General of the …

552) 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 …

553) IPPC urges stronger collaboration to protect plants from pests as 2023 regional workshops commence

Rome, 16 August 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, in conjunction with regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs), has …

554) 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 …

555) The IPPC Technical Panel on Glossary to hold annual meeting in Chile

Rome, 24 November 2022. The Technical Panel on Glossary (TPG) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is gathering for …

556) 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 …

557) 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 …

558) 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, …

559) 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 …

560) Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols advances its work on plant pest diagnosis

Paris, 04 November 2022. The IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) concluded its face-to-face meeting from 31 October to …