301) Call for Submissions: Smart Plant Health – What Does the Future Look Like?

The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) invites national plant protection organizations (NPPOs), regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs), and …

302) 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 …

303) News & Events / Webinars / 2023 IPPC Call for Topics (June 2023)

Enhancing quality of new topic proposals for implementation of IPPC Strategic Framework 2020-2030 This webinar has concluded, with recordings below. …

304) Plant health is planet health. CPM Chair urges integration of plant health in One Health during global One Health Congress

Cape Town, 20 September 2024. Plant health is vital to support the One Health framework, which addresses the prevention, control, …

305) The IPPC Regional Workshop for the South West Pacific concluded

Rome, 3 September 2021. The 2021 IPPC Regional Workshop for the South West Pacific held a series of virtual workshops …

306) Opinion: Plant resources threatened by pests and diseases

By: Osama El-Lissy and Nicola Spence

307) Mauritius concludes evaluation of national phytosanitary system

Rome, 24 November 2023. Mauritius is an island whose agricultural production has traditionally relied on sugar cane. In recent years, …

308) CPM-17 concludes annual international plant health meeting

Rome, 31 March 2023 - The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention …

309) IPPC Pest Alert – First Detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis outside North America

On March 3, 2025, the IPPC Secretariat issued a new Pest Alert following the first confirmed detection of Clavibacter nebraskensis …

310) SPOTLIGHT: Know your job and be kind. Osama El-Lissy’s message as he retires from the IPPC

Osama El-Lissy is retiring as Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), an Article XIV body of FAO. He …