841) IPPC Contracting Parties step up in issuing postage stamps to promote the International Year of Plant Health in 2020

Rome, June 2020. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, so far June has been a month rich in activities to promote …

842) Detection of Fall Army Worm Spodoptera frugiperda in Swaziland

Spodoptera frugiperda was first detected in Big Bend and Siphofaneni in eastern Swaziland. Subsequent detection have been recorded in Lomahasha, …

843) The IPPC ePhyto Steering Group and Industry Advisory Group met virtually to advance ePhyto work during Covid-19 pandemic

Rome, 4 June - The IPPC ePhyto Steering Group (ESG) and Industry Advisory Group (IAG) met virtually to promote ePhyto …

844) Successful Completion of Trainings on Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation Facilitators under Support of STDF Project 401 Phase I)

Photograph: Copyright G.N. Alit Susanta Wirya

845) CPM Bureau meets virtually for the third time since beginning of global pandemic to decisively advance IPPC work plan

Rome, 5 June 2020. The CPM Bureau held its third virtual meeting since the beginning of the global sanitary crisis …

846) Completed Biosecurity Risk Analyses

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has completed many biosecurity risk analyses which have formed the basis for …

847) Rationale for phytosanitary requirements from Australia

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment conducts biosecurity risk analyses consistent with Australia’s international obligations, including those under …

848) Approved arrangements for nursery stock and tissue cultures from countries with a higher risk of Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce’s disease)

Nursery stock from regions and countries with a high risk of Xylella spp. must be produced through a National Plant …

849) Globoderarostochiensis (yellow potato cyst nematode)

The occurrence of golden potato cyst nematode (Globoderarostochiensis) as a pest of potato in Kenya was reported in 2015 by …

850) The FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM International Workshop on Xylella fastidiosa successfully held in Bari Italy

The FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM International Workshop on Xylella fastidiosa & the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS) was successfully held from 19-22 April …