941) The new CPM Focus Group on Pest Outbreak Alert and Response Systems is set!

Rome, 10 December 2020. During their last virtual meeting of the year the CPM Bureau selected the experts for the …

942) Thailand receives FAO Edouard Saouma Award for its international recognition in containing spread of Cassava Pink Mealybug

Thailand receives FAO Edouard Saouma Award for its international recognition in containing spread of Cassava Pink Mealybug in Greater Mekong …

943) The IPPC supports the Republic of Guinea in its 3rd application of the Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation

Photo Copyright Mamadouba Camara 2017. PCE Workshop participants convened in Conakry, the Republic of Guinea to apply their third and …

944) UK pest status report - Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Absent. pest eradicated. There has only been 1 outbreak in the UK and this was eradicated in 1977 (Bartlett, 1980)

945) 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 …

946) Highlights from the October 2018 Commission on Phytosanitary Measures Bureau meeting

12 October 2018, Rome - The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau met on the 8th and 12th of October …

947) Official control - Urocystis cepulae, onion smut

In late September 2019, onion smut was detected on onions on one property near Murray Bridge in South Australia. The …

948) Capacity and Team Building of the IPPC Secretariat though Monitoring and Evaluation Training

A monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training workshop of the IPPC Secretariat took place from 28-30 November 2016 at FAO Headquarters …

949) Sri Lanka reviews its phytosanitary system to make it shine

4 October 2019, Colombo - The name Lanka is derived from the Tamil word "ilanku" (இலங்கு), which means "to shine", …

950) Successful Completion of the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshops

The IPPC Secretariat and newly established regional committees comprised of Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs), the Food and Agriculture Organization …