Vacancy announcement - Agricultural Officer P2)

Posted on سبت, 17 نوفمبر 2018, 07:30

Vacancy Announcement IRC5924 - Agricultural Officer (IPPC Technical Support) P-2 has been issued and can be reached at http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/VA/pdf/IRC5924.pdf
The application deadline is 7 December 2018.

New website on Fall Armyworm launched

Posted on خميس, 15 نوفمبر 2018, 13:59

FAO has launched a new website to help countries, and farmers, combat the destructive Fall Armyworm. The website includes practical guides for managing the pest; and monitoring tools such as the FAMEWS app.

For more information see: http://www.fao.org/fall-armyworm/en/

The report on the Strategic Planning Group SPG) meeting is now posted

Posted on خميس, 15 نوفمبر 2018, 13:35

The Strategic Planning Group (SPG) meeting was held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy from 9 to 11 of October 2018.

The report of the meeting is now available on the IPP at https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/86797/

UN General Assembly Second Committee approves IYPH resolution

Posted on جمعة, 09 نوفمبر 2018, 06:21

New York, 8 November 2018. The Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has just adopted the resolution on the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020 by consensus. The process for the IYPH 2020 proclamation will …

International Conference on 'Fall Armyworm Research-for-Development - Status and Priorities for Africa

Posted on أربعاء, 07 نوفمبر 2018, 08:19

The International Conference on Fall Armyworm Research-for-Development - Status and Priorities for Africa was held at the African Union Commission (AUC) campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (29-31 October). Three intense days of meetings and discussions brought together over 220 experts …

The Report of the Task Force on Topics October 2018 meeting is now posted!

Posted on ثلاثاء, 06 نوفمبر 2018, 14:51

The Task Force on Topics meeting was held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy from 1-3 October 2018.

The Task Force reviewed submissions to the 2018 Call for Topics: Standards and Implementation and prepared recommendations to the Standards Committee and Implementation …

The 14th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria ICPPB)

Posted on خميس, 01 نوفمبر 2018, 11:28

The 14th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (ICPPB) will be held in Assisi (Umbria, Italy) from 7-12 June 2020. Entitled The Impact of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria on Global Plant Health, the conference aims at promoting and disseminating the …

Deadline extended: Call for experts for TPPT and EWG on Audits in the Phytosanitary Context

Posted on ثلاثاء, 30 أكتوبر 2018, 08:32

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified experts to take part in

• the Expert Working Group on Audits in the phytosanitary context (2015-014)

• the Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT)

Nominations are due 12 …

IPBES call for experts on invasive alien species

Posted on سبت, 20 أكتوبر 2018, 22:43

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has issued a call for nomination of experts for their assessment on invasive alien species. More details at the following link: https://www.ipbes.net/notification/call-nominations-experts-%E2%80%93-assessment-invasive-alien-species

Important communication on International Year of Plant Health En Fr ES

Posted on جمعة, 12 أكتوبر 2018, 13:02

Dear NPPOs and RPPOs,

As you are aware, we are getting close to the decision to proclaim 2020 the International Year of Plant Health. A resolution to this effect will soon be available on the UN e-document system. (http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/73/documentslist.shtml …

Another great achievement: The reorganized suite of fruit fly standards are now available in English on the IPP!

Posted on إثنين, 08 أكتوبر 2018, 14:07

ISPMs 26, 30, 35 and 37 have successfully been reorganized to reflect the decisions of CPM-13 (2018). This reorganization made the suite of fruit fly standards more logical and simple, which will help in their implementation and facilitate safe …

Newly adopted Diagnostic Protocols are now available on the IPP!

Posted on خميس, 04 أكتوبر 2018, 15:03

The five newly adopted Diagnostic Protocols (DPs) have now been posted to the IPP in English and can be found at the following link: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/#publications

Click here to read more about the importance of these new diagnostic protocols in helping …

The compiled comments from the first and second round of consultations on draft ISPMs are now posted!

Posted on إثنين, 01 أكتوبر 2018, 12:45

Compiled comments for the first and second consultations on draft ISPMs have now been posted on the IPP at this link:

https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/member-consultation-draft-ispms/

The IPPC Secretariat would like to thank all who have participated in the consultative process and invites IPPC …

Attention to SPAM email!

Posted on ثلاثاء, 18 سبتمبر 2018, 08:25

Please be aware that some IPPC user has received SPAM emails that seems coming from the [email protected] or from other IPP users email addresses.

When you receive a message please check that it comes from [email protected] and don''t open suspicious …