101) Simulation exercises: A crucial tool in combatting emerging pests

In the ongoing battle against agricultural pests, simulation exercises have emerged as a critical component of global plant protection strategies. …

102) African countries to improve trade systems and capitalize on their agricultural resources

Rome, 18 April 2025. Countries in Africa’s south and east are planning major overhauls to their trade and quarantine operations, …

103) Strengthening global phytosanitary measures: CPM-19 side session advances Systems Approaches

Rome, 21 March 2025. At FAO headquarters, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19) Side Session on the Systems Approach took …

104) Now available: Translations of ISPMs adopted by CPM-19

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant-health community that the two International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), and …

105) SPOTLIGHT: Public-private partnership saves South Africa’s fruit industry from the Mediterranean fruit fly

For over a decade, South Africa has used a public-private partnership approach to manage the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata …

106) SPOTLIGHT: Barbara Peterson shares her experience, as an in-kind contribution, working at the IPPC Secretariat

Josephine Mphozongo (Malawi Department of Agriculture Research Services), Barbara Peterson and Elizabeth Mumba (Malawi Ministry of Trade and Industry) during …

107) List of Quarantine Harmful Organisms (Quarantine Objects) of Phytosanitary Concern for Pakistan

The Department of Plant Protection, Government of Pakistan has been working on Pest Risk Analysis on various plant and plant …

108) Events / Webinars, Workshops and Symposia / Grow Your Plant Health Expertise: Discover the IPPC Plant Health Campus

Wednesday, 11 June 2025 | 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST) The recording of the webinar, presentations, Q&A summary, and other relevant …

109) New IPPC publication: Assessing and advancing phytosanitary capabilities in targeted countries in eastern and southern Africa: a pathway to resilient agriculture

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a new study: Assessing and advancing phytosanitary capabilities in targeted …

110) SPOTLIGHT: Temarama Anguna- Kamana, incoming CPM Bureau representative for the Southwest Pacific region and One Health and Capacity Development champion

As a spotlight feature for this month, we speak to Temarama Anguna-Kamana, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the …