1) 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 …

2) 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 …

3) Call for Submissions to participate in the Plant Health Innovation Fair at CPM-20

(Follow-up and Extension of the Original Call)

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

By Temarama Anguna-Kamana

5) 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 …

6) Call for Experts for the Steering Group of the Pest Outbreak Alert and Response System (POARS)

Background

7) How the next-generation of Commodity Standards are shaping safer global trade — with Joanne Wilson and Lihong Zhu

In this month’s spotlight, we highlight the work of the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) through insights from its …

8) Now available: French edition of the study on phytosanitary systems and agricultural development

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of the French edition of the study “Phytosanitary Systems and Agricultural …

9) IPPC committee advances implementation support for phytosanitary standards

Strengthening global plant health systems and building capacity to implement plant health standards, once again, took center stage, as the …

10) PRESS RELEASE: IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches starts today

Santiago, Chile — 1–5 December 2025 — The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute …