651) Determining host status for fruit flies is essential to facilitating international fruit trade

Rome, 28 January 2022. The Expert Working Group (EWG) for the Annex Criteria for the determination of host status of …

652) IPPC Contracting Parties step up in issuing postage stamps to promote the International Year of Plant Health in 2020

Rome, June 2020. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, so far June has been a month rich in activities to promote …

653) IPPC webinar supports African countries to adopt electronic phytosanitary certification

Rome, 20 July 2023. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat successfully held a webinar last month to introduce the …

654) A Sea Change is Coming: Increased Collaboration between the International Maritime Organization and the IPPC Secretariat

18 November 2019, Rome – Sea containers and their cargoes are potential pathways for plant pests and diseases to spread …

655) Brief description

Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Center (PQPMC) is a Central Level Organization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development. …

656) The 15th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures opens to advance global plant protection during the COVID-19 crisis

Rome, 16 March 2021. The fifteenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15) has opened to review the state …

657) The IPPC Sea Container Task Force has successfully completed its mandate

Rome, 18 January 2022. National economies depend on the efficient and uninterrupted movement of trade, which is facilitated by the …

658) The 11th meeting of the IYPH international steering committee held virtually to track progress of delivering the International Year of Plant Health

Rome, 12 October 2020- The 11th meeting of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) International Steering Committee (ISC) was …

659) Report of European cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cerasi) in Quebec, Canada (2022) / Signalement de la mouche européenne des cerises (Rhagoletis cerasi) au Québec, Canada (2022)

In July 2022, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of European cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis cerasi) in …

660) Revised brochure on Introduction for authors of IPPC Diagnostic Protocols now available

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the revised brochure titled Introduction for authors of …