2017 IPPC Regional Workshops to kick off August 7th 2017 for South-West Pacific Region in Nadi Fiji

Posted on ثلاثاء, 08 أغسطس 2017, 21:47

Photo: IPPC 2016, Ilya Mityushev - Communal web of the social pear sawfly larvae (Neurotoma flaviventris) present on the twig of Crataegus sp.

The IPPC Secretariat, together with Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) and FAO Regional/Subregional offices is …

Moving towards development of an IPPC Monitoring and Evaluation Framework

Posted on إثنين, 31 يوليو 2017, 09:20

Leanne Stewart, IPPC IRSS manager, met with Cecile Kusters of the Centre for Development and Innovation from 19 - 20 June 2017 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. The purpose of this meeting was to finalize the draft Monitoring and …

TPPT continues ground-breaking work to protect the world's plant resources

Posted on جمعة, 28 يوليو 2017, 12:33

The Technical Panel for Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) just ended their annual meeting in Vienna, Austria (17 - 21 July 2017). The meeting was hosted by the Joint FAO/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture …

The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 held in Nairobi Kenya

Posted on ثلاثاء, 25 يوليو 2017, 12:14

The ISS-STDF Workshop on Implementation of the ISPM 15 was held from 19-23 July 2017 at the headquarters of Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Nairobi, Kenya. The objective of the Workshop was to review the results of the study …

IPPC Supports the 2nd Phase of PCE Application by Somalia and Kenya

Posted on جمعة, 21 يوليو 2017, 07:32

IPPC 2016 - Aziz Ozkan. Plant pest Bactrocera oleae

Orlando Sosa, Senior Implementation Officer and Chiluba Mwape, Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) Facilitator facilitated the second PCE workshop for Kenya and Somalia. The workshop was held in Nairobi Kenya, from 6-10 …

The IPPC Secretariat Brainstorming on Teamwork and Team Spirit

Posted on جمعة, 21 يوليو 2017, 07:25

Teamwork is the yearly theme for the IPPC Secretariat in 2017. To emphasize this, on 14 July 2017, a brainstorming session on teamwork and team spirit was organized during the 2017 Mid-year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat. The brainstorming session …

The Mid-Year Meeting of the IPPC Secretariat for 2017 held at FAO Headquarters in Rome

Posted on خميس, 20 يوليو 2017, 10:30

The 2017 Mid-Year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat was held on 14 July 2017 at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. The objectives of the meeting were presenting the achievements of the first semester and plans for the second semester of …

International Year of Plant Health goes to New York

Posted on ثلاثاء, 11 يوليو 2017, 10:11

The 40th Session of the FAO Conference, the governing body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has approved on 5 July 2017 a resolution with the aim to declare the year 2020 as the International Year …

Stamping out anti-biosecurity practices in the ACT

Posted on ثلاثاء, 11 يوليو 2017, 08:51

Media release from Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources:

Potentially harmful exotic ants have been seized from a Canberra home, as part of an investigation into their attempted sale on Gumtree.

Head of Biosecurity Operations, Nico Padovan, said …

A Successful Reception for Promotion of an International Year of Plant Health in 2020

Posted on إثنين, 10 يوليو 2017, 14:55

Mr Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary; Mr Andrew Doyle, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Ireland; Ms Aulikki Hulmi, Director of International Relations at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland; Mr Ralf Lopian, IPPC Contact Point for Finland.

On …

IPPC Training Course 'Building Phytosanitary Capacities' successfully conducted at the CIHEAM Bari

Posted on إثنين, 10 يوليو 2017, 13:21

IPPC 2017 - Training course participants visit Apulian outbreak area of Xylella fastidiosa

Hosted by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAM Bari) and facilitated by Ms. Sarah Brunel, IPPC Capacity Development Officer, the two- week training course was delivered …

Newly released CIHEAM publication on experiences and knowledge for Xylella fastidiosa and its vectors in Europe

Posted on إثنين, 10 يوليو 2017, 10:02

The FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM combined efforts organizing an international workshop on Xylella fastidiosa and the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS) have resulted in the publication of the proceedings of these events providing information on the state of Xylella fastidiosa infection in the …

The IPPC Secretariat's Brainstorming on Plant Health and Trade Facilitation

Posted on إثنين, 10 يوليو 2017, 08:08

A successful brainstorming session on plant health and trade facilitation was conducted by the IPPC Secretariat on 14 June 2017 in FAO-HQs. This is one of the activities undertaken within the context of 2017 as the IPPC year of Plant …

Seeking for Potential Bilateral Cooperation between the IPPC and the WB

Posted on جمعة, 07 يوليو 2017, 12:28

On 29 June 2017, the IPPC Delegate led by the IPPC Secretary Jingyuan Xia and including Craig Fedchock and Shane Sela, met with the World Bank (WB) team composed of Klaus Tilmes, Director of Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice, Jose …