1) 2026-02 IPPC Call for Experts – Expert Working Group - Revision of the draft reorganized pest risk analysis ISPM (2023-037)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to take part in the Expert …

2) URGENT REMINDER - CPM-20 REGISTRATION!!

URGENT REMINDER - CPM-20 REGISTRATION!!

3) IPPC gears up for the Twentieth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

5 February 2026, Rome. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is preparing for the Twentieth Session of the Commission on …

4) IPPC global workshop charts new path for Systems Approaches in plant health

Santiago, Chile. 15 December 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and its community successfully concluded the IPPC Global Workshop …

5) SPOTLIGHT: From vulnerability to food resilience: Improved pest surveillance to catalyse Sierra Leone’s agricultural improvement

On a scorching afternoon, in Sumbuya village, Kakua chiefdom, Bo District, three farm workers—Mamie Squire, Mohamed Yambasu and Morie Lavai …

6) Deadline extension – Call for Experts (POARS Steering Group)

The IPPC Secretariat informs that the deadline for the Call for Experts for the Steering Group of the Pest Outbreak …

7) Draft ISPMs for adoption at CPM-20 (2026) posted. Call for objections opened.

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that the draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) to be presented for …

8) New IPPC publications: Field survey guidance for Ralstonia solanacearum and Field survey guidance for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4.

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of two new publications: Field survey guidance for Ralstonia solanacearum and …

9) IPPC Standards Committee advances draft standards and strengthens procedures at the November 2025 meeting

Rome, 28 November 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) Standards Committee (SC) concluded its November 2025 meeting at FAO …

10) LEADER’S BLOG: Cook Islands: A small nation takes a big leap towards digitalization to transform trade

By Temarama Anguna-Kamana