631) Prompting action towards an International Year of Plant Health in 2020

Plants account for over 80% of the human diet and are indispensable for food security. Healthy plants are also vital …

632) CPM-13 Side Session on the 2020 International Year of Plant Health held at FAO HQ

A side session on the 2020 International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) was held in the Plenary Hall at the …

633) ICDC engages the whole IPPC community for the first time on projects

Rome, 17 May 2022. The Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) held a …

634) PRESS RELEASE: Stronger partnerships and more investments needed to protect global plant health

Rome, 27 March 2023. Plant pests remain a serious threat to plant health and to food security, the environment and …

635) CALL FOR REFERENCE MATERIAL TO ASSIST THE FOCUS GROUP ON COMMODITY AND PATHWAY STANDARDS

The IPPC Secretariat is soliciting reference materials and discussion papers in preparation for the meeting of the Focus Group on …

636) The 12th meeting of the IYPH International Steering Committee held virtually

Rome, 24 November 2020. Members of the International Steering Committee (ISC) for the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) convened …

637) The first PCE application workshop conducted by the IPPC PCE-trained Facilitator in Nairobi Kenya

Trained under the STDF401 PCE Facilitators Training project, Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) facilitator Chiluba Mwape delivered the first PCE workshop …

638) Successful 6-day training on treatment and Integrated Pest Management of fruit flies held for Sri Lanka trainees

ROME, 5 May 2022. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) organized the 2nd virtual phytosanitary technology training …

639) CPM-18 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that it did not receive any objections to the …

640) Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in New South Wales (NSW)

In January 2018, INSV was detected in lettuce crops at a farm in Elderslie, in the state of NSW. A …