281) Phytosanitary Awareness Week: highlighting the role of the IPPC during the International Year of Plant Health

Rome/Ibadan, 13 November 2020. A successful 2020 edition of the Phytosanitary Awareness Week has concluded under the theme “Phytosanitary Safety …

282) Occurrence of melon fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae) in Mozambique

The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of about 250 tephrites of economic importance worldwide (Vayssiéres, 1998; …

283) The New National Plant Quarantine Services Division Organizational Chart

The National Plant Quarantine Services Division (NPQSD) is a division under the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). BPI, being a …

284) The New National Plant Quarantine Services Division Organizational Chart

The Plant Quarantine Service of the Bureau of Plant Industry was rationalized in 2015 which became the National Plant Quarantine …

285) The Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols Holds its First knowledge Sharing Workshop in Japan

Yokohama, Japan 31 October 2024, A mini workshop, “Boosting Agricultural Resilience: Advancing Knowledge Sharing in the IPPC Technical Panel on …

286) Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) absent from mainland Australia

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) was detected in Norfolk Island (an Australian external territory) in 2014. CLso is not known to …

287) IPPC Secretariat and Gabon officials discuss strengthening national phytosanitary systems

Rome, 18 October 2024. Officials from the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat and the Government of Gabon met on …

288) Revised draft phytosanitary standard expected to protect plants, global trade from fruit flies

Members of the Expert Working Group on (ISPM) 26 - Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)

289) Commission / CPM Focus Group and Working Group Reports / CPM FG on Plant Health in the Context of One Health

Background The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) and the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) have had ongoing discussions about the One …

290) Dialogue strengthens on plant pest risks to food and humanitarian aid

Rome, 07June 2024. In the sphere of humanitarian aid, providing food and other essentials for communities in crisis is a …