671) Phytosanitary Import Regulations of the Netherlands

Import in the Netherlands has to comply with the European legislation. Many procedural requirements are described in the Official Control …

672) Geneva Press Briefing: Update on global plant pests and their devastating impact on food security

24/03/2023 Geneva – Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) addressed the Geneva press corps on the …

673) Australia kicked off the International Year of Plant Health

Canberra, 6 February 2020 - The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020 has been officially launched on 6 February …

674) 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 …

675) 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 …

676) Fall Armyworm - an Emerging Food Security Global Threat

The Fall Armyworm is a major threat to food security and spreads quickly since the moth can fly up to …

677) Strategic Objectives / Plant Health & Safe Trade / Sea Containers / International Symposium: Optimizing Container Design to Mitigate Risks of Pest Contamination in the International Containerized Supply Chain

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is supporting the Container Owners Association (COA), the World Shipping Council (WSC), and …

678) Setting new global plant health priorities: the agenda of the Strategic Planning Group for the next decade

Rome, 9 October 2020 – The IPPC Strategic Planning Group (SPG) met on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October to …

679) Entry Points in Ghana

Ghana is a peaceful country located on the west coast of Africa. It is bounded on the north by Burkina …

680) China South-South Cooperation project helps the IPPC Secretariat facilitate phytosanitary capacity development work in 2019

Rome, 29 January 2020 The IPPC Secretariat has been implementing a global project on capacity development under the framework of …