801) Keeping food secure and free from pests: Tackling pests in food aid

Rome, 16 March 2021. It is known that disasters impacts in agriculture threaten all three pillars of sustainable development: social, …

802) Detections of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) on mainland Australia

Fall armyworm was initially detected in traps on two islands in the Torres Strait (islands of Saibai and Erub) in …

803) Detection of the Asian strain of bacterial canker of kiwifruit in Victoria, Australia

Data is lacking on the epidemiology of the disease. It has been observed that the pathogen is active between 10-20 …

804) Siam weed in Queensland, Australia transitions to management

Siam weed probably entered Australia as a pasture contaminant. It was under eradication from 1994, but in 2012, the decision …

805) Detection of Xylosandrus crassiculus (Granulate ambrosia beetle) in Queensland

X. crassiusculatus is probably native to tropical and subtropical Asia and is now considered one of the most abundant and …

806) Dickeya dianthicola in Western Australia

Eradication of D. dianthicola from Australia is not considered technically feasible. D. dianthicola is a bacterium that is considered to …

807) Preparing countries to keep Fall Armyworm away from their territories

Rome, 13 September 2021. Fall Armyworm has already affected more than seventy countries worldwide and is now classified as a …

808) Commission / Consultations / Current expert consultation on draft DPs (ECDP)

Expert Consultation on draft diagnostic protocol - currently open Experts worldwide are invited to submit comments on one draft diagnostic …

809) The IYPH International Steering Committee wraps up the Year and turns the focus on its legacies

Rome, 2 July 2021 – The International Steering Committee (ISC) of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) convened virtually …

810) Organogram of Ghanaian NPPO

The Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD)