Viewing items from February, 2019
Posted on Lun, 25 Feb 2019, 10:32
You cannot protect the environment without also safeguarding plant health. When plant pests and diseases spread into new areas they seriously damage entire ecosystems, putting at risk biological diversity and the environment itself. Tiny and lethal at the same time, …
Read morePosted on Lun, 25 Feb 2019, 08:57
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) Plant Health Laboratory is recruiting one technician and one scientist for three-year positions in its Nematology Unit.
The laboratory is located in Le Rheu (near Rennes, west part …
Read morePosted on Lun, 25 Feb 2019, 08:50
DP 29: Bactrocera dorsalis: a) oviposition punctures on mango fruit mark spots where fruit flies lay their eggs. B) example of a female Bactrocera dorsalis. Photos courtesy of Luc Leblanc (University of Idaho, USA) and Yokohama Plant Protection Station, Japan. …
Read morePosted on Vie, 22 Feb 2019, 11:02
The provisional Agenda of the Standards Committee (SC) meeting and the Standards Committee Working group (SC-7) meeting is available at the IPP Calendar at: https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/632/ and https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/633/.
The meetings will take place at FAO, Rome, Italy 06-10 May 2019 …
Read morePosted on Mar, 19 Feb 2019, 10:14
The Report of the January 2019 virtual meeting of the Task Force on Topics is now posted and available at the following link:
https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/86978/
Read morePosted on Mar, 19 Feb 2019, 08:35
The IPPC Secretariat announces a Pre-CPM-14* Presentation and Demonstration on ePhyto that will take place from 10:00 to 12:00 on Monday 01 April 2019*** at FAO HQs in the Iraq Room (A235).
During this session the IPPC ePhyto Group will …
Read morePosted on Lun, 18 Feb 2019, 15:28
Plant Health and Environmental Protection are deeply interrelated. A brand new IPPC factsheet has been released with the aim of investigating how plant protection is essential for a healthy environment and what is the key role of the IPPC in …
Read morePosted on Lun, 18 Feb 2019, 09:11
The Arab Society for Plant Protection and the Organizing Committee of the 13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection (ACPP) has dedicated the 2020 edition of the congress to promote the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Plant Health …
Read morePosted on Mié, 13 Feb 2019, 15:27
25 January 2019, Dakar - Many African countries seek to develop capacity in pest risk analysis, both to protect their territories from pests, and to get access to international markets by more fully understanding the requirements of importing countries.
The …
Read morePosted on Mar, 12 Feb 2019, 14:47
The report of the Technical Panel for the Glossary (TPG) December 2018 meeting is now posted at the following link:
https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/86956/
Read morePosted on Mié, 06 Feb 2019, 13:12
29 January 2019, Geneva - The ePhyto Project Advisory Committee met for the fourth time on 29 January 2019 at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Since the last meeting in Rome during the summer of 2018, the ePhyto …
Read morePosted on Mié, 06 Feb 2019, 12:58
30 January 2019, Geneva - The ePhyto Industry Advisory Group (IAG) met for the fourth time at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland on 30 January 2019. IAG participants included the leaders of international NGOs representing the global grains, …
Read morePosted on Vie, 01 Feb 2019, 08:06
Mr. Brent Larson (Implementation Facilitation Unit Lead) and Ms Ketevan Lomsadze (Implementation Facilitation Officer) facilitated the Brainstorming Session on Capacity Development. ©FAO/ Sara Giuliani
25 January 2019, Rome - A dynamic brainstorming session, aimed at raising awareness of the concept …
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