71) SPOTLIGHT: Ethiopia’s phytosanitary capacity assessment to build stronger systems and accelerate legal reform

While Ethiopia has been providing phytosanitary services for over three decades to protect and conserve the country’s agriculture and biodiversity, …

72) Spotlight: IPPC phytosanitary capacity development in action

Rome, 20 March 2025. Delegates at the Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19), commended the progress in …

73) SPOTLIGHT: Dominican Republic leads with One Health innovation to safeguard food security

As an island nation deeply reliant on agriculture and tourism, the Dominican Republic faces unique risks from the introduction and …

74) 2025-10 IPPC Call for Experts – Expert Working Group - Safe provision of humanitarian aid in the phytosanitary context

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to establish an Expert Working Group …

75) IPPC participates in Plant Health Convening in Abidjan to strengthen plant health in Central and Western African

Abidjan, 12 February 2025. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) participated in the Plant Health Convening held in Abidjan, Côte …

76) 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 …

77) SPOTLIGHT: Zimbabwe to combat plant pests with quarantine upgrades

Zimbabwe is upgrading its quarantine systems, constructing new border posts and inspection procedures, as new plant pests recently detected in …

78) Diabrotica in the Netherlands in 2005

In 2005, five individuals of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera were captured on traps at four locations in the Netherlands. These locations …

79) 2025 IPPC Consultation Period is Now Closed

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the consultation period for …

80) Eradication of potato spindle tuber viroid detected in Japan

Potato spindle tuber viroid（Pospiviroid fusituberis, PSTVd）was detected in tomato in Fukushima prefecture in 2008, in dahlia in Yamanashi prefecture the …