IPPC boosts Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries*** capacities in National Reporting Obligations

Posted on Jue, 04 Oct 2018, 11:56

Participants at the National Reporting Obligations (NRO) workshop improved their skills in updating phytosanitary reports related to the IPPC, and shared practical solutions to challenges they faced. Photo credit: © All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center (VNIIKR)

8 September 2018, Moscow - …

New project 'Rolling out Systems Approach Globally' launched by IPPC: Contracting parties urged to participate in new call

Posted on Mar, 02 Oct 2018, 11:54

The recently launched project will increase opportunities for contracting parties to export plant products through better pest risk management. © FAO/Giampiero Diana

Exporting plants and plant products are an important part of economic development in many developing countries. However, international …

Working together to protect plants from harmful pests in the Near East and North Africa: 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop

Posted on Mar, 02 Oct 2018, 08:03

Participants at the IPPC regional workshop in the Near East and North Africa.

17 September 2018 (Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) - Forty-five plant health experts from 18 countries in the Near East and North Africa, and the International Plant Protection …

Protecting plants and the environment in the Caribbean: a 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop

Posted on Vie, 28 Sep 2018, 15:36

Local farmers in Haiti sorting Cajanus Cajan beans. Participants from 14 Caribbean countries discussed ways to improve plant health and limit the risk of pests and diseases at the regional workshop. © FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri

19 September 2018, Port of Spain, …

Working together to protect plants and the environment in Africa: A 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop

Posted on Jue, 27 Sep 2018, 07:33

Forty-five participants from 29 countries exchanged their experiences in protecting plants from pests and diseases during the IPPC regional workshop for Africa. © FAO

13 September 2018, Antananarivo - Keeping plants healthy, stopping invasive pests such as the Fall Armyworm …

The IPPC Secretariat meets with SSAFE to discuss possible future cooperation

Posted on Mié, 26 Sep 2018, 15:08

Photo credit: © FAO/ Laura Vicaria-Lopez

26 September 2018, Rome - Members of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, including Craig Fedchock, Shoki al-Dobai and Laura Vicaria-Lopez, met with the governing board of the SSAFE organization on 26 September …

Protecting plants in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2018 IPPC - FAO Regional Workshop

Posted on Mié, 26 Sep 2018, 11:05

Participants at the IPPC Regional workshop in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia shared their experiences in safeguarding plant health. Photo credit: © All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center (VNIIKR)

8 September 2018, Bykovo - Protecting the environment while safeguarding plant …

ePhyto Regional Workshop- Buenos Aires Argentina

Posted on Vie, 21 Sep 2018, 13:13

Last week, from the 11-13th of September the ePhyto regional workshop for Latin America took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The workshop, hosted by SENASA and financed by COSAVE, Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IICA and the Canadian government was …

Big steps made in developing phytosanitary capacity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Posted on Jue, 20 Sep 2018, 08:17

A new plant health diagnostic laboratory was set up in Jenin as part of efforts to strengthen phytosanitary capacity. ©FAO/S.Brunel

Ramallah, 16 August 2018 - Plant pests and diseases easily cross borders and it is therefore crucial to develop phytosanitary …

Protecting plants from pest in the Pacific Islands: A 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop

Posted on Jue, 13 Sep 2018, 10:44

Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Ngatoko Ngatoko, Director of Biosecurity, Ministry of Agriculture, watches a cargo ship leave port. The IPPC helps protects plants from pests while facilitating trade. ©FAO/Sue Price

22 August 2018, Fiji - Countries in the Pacific Islands …

Boosting plant health and protecting plants from pests - the 2018 IPPC Regional Workshop for Latin America

Posted on Mié, 12 Sep 2018, 15:01

31 August 2018, Natal, Brazil - With the ever-increasing volume of international trade, countries need to prevent plant pests from entering and establishing themselves locally, while still facilitating the international safe trade of plants and products. To address this challenge, …

Five new IPPC Diagnostic Protocols adopted!

Posted on Jue, 16 Ago 2018, 18:11

The IPPC Secretariat is happy to announce that five new diagnostic protocols (DPs) have been adopted by the Standards Committee (SC) on behalf of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) as the DP Notification Period just closed on 15 August …

Dwindling IPPC Sustainable Funding Affects its Support of Developing Countries to Participation in Some Governing Activities

Posted on Mar, 31 Jul 2018, 13:16

For many years, the IPPC Secretariat has tried to assist the participation of developing Contracting Parties to the annual meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) and also some other important governing bodies meetings, such as the meetings of …

G-20 Group of Agriculture Ministers Supports the IPPC ePhyto and the Initiative of an International Year of Plant Health in 2020 IYPH 2020)

Posted on Mar, 31 Jul 2018, 09:40

The G-20 Group of Agriculture Ministers at their meeting on 27-28 July 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina have endorsed the IPPC s efforts to build an electronic certification system (ePhyto) and the initiative of an International Year of Plant Health …