621) Call for nominations to attend the IPPC Workshops on phytosanitary measures for developing contracting parties among the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is implementing a Global Project entitled “Strengthening the Capacity of Developing Contracting Parties …

622) The 12th meeting of the IYPH International Steering Committee held virtually

Rome, 24 November 2020. Members of the International Steering Committee (ISC) for the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) convened …

623) Commission / The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) / CPM Sessions / CPM 18 - 2024

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) extended an invitation to attend the 18th …

624) PRESS RELEASE: Stronger partnerships and more investments needed to protect global plant health

Rome, 27 March 2023. Plant pests remain a serious threat to plant health and to food security, the environment and …

625) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / Sea Containers

Reducing the Spread of Invasive Pests by Sea Containers - The IPPC leaflet has been developed on the basis of …

626) Successful 6-day training on treatment and Integrated Pest Management of fruit flies held for Sri Lanka trainees

ROME, 5 May 2022. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) organized the 2nd virtual phytosanitary technology training …

627) 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 …

628) Absence of Phyllosticta fragariicola from Australia

There is one specimen record of Phyllosticta fragariicola on strawberry in Queensland; collected by botanist F.M. Bailey from Brisbane in …

629) Eradication of Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) in the Addo area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Bactrocera dorsalis specimens were detected in Methyl Eugenol (ME) baited traps in the Addo area of the Eastern Cape Province …

630) Moving forward the IPPC work on Fall Armyworm prevention

Rome, 28 October 2020. The FAO/IPPC Technical Working Group (TWG) on Quarantine and Phytosanitary in relation to Trade met on …