131) Now available: English versions of specification approved and ISPMs adopted by CPM-19

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the Specification and the three International Standards for …

132) IPPC Call for experiences and case studies: Implementing Systems Approaches for pest risk management

The IPPC Secretariat is calling for experiences and case studies on the implementation of systems approaches for pest risk management.

133) The IPPC Campus is now available in French: a major step forward for plant health training

Rome, 11 June 2025 – The IPPC Plant Health Campus has reached an important milestone: its French-language version is now …

134) 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 …

135) News & Calls / Calls & Deadlines / Calls on Implementation and Capacity Development Activities

Call for experts to support the development of IPPC plant health officer training curricula and a learning platform The International …

136) 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, …

137) Organisational Arrangement of Plant Protection in Singapore

With the effective from 1 Apr 2019, a Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be firmed to replace the Agri-Food & …

138) National Parks Board

The Singapore government has announced that with effective on 1 Apr 2019, a Singapore Food Agency (SFA) will be formed …

139) 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 …

140) FAO Director-General calls for investments on plant health to ensure global food security

PRESS RELEASE. 17 March 2025, Rome. The plant health community gathers this week at the headquarters of the Food and …