NPPOs Invited to participate in ePhyto Business Model Survey

Posted on Fri, 15 Sep 2017, 15:04

Yesterday, on 14 September letters were distributed to all NPPOs inviting them to participate in the ePhyto Business Model Survey. This survey will help the Secretariat determine the best business model for the ePhyto Solution project. The Secretariat kindly requests …

African Grain Trade Summit

Posted on Tue, 12 Sep 2017, 08:08

The East Africa Grain Council and International Grain Trade Coalition is hosting the 7th African Grain Trade Summit (AGTS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 5-7 October 2017. The AGTS is a biennial high-level, internationally-recognized grain industry conference that brings …

Registration opened for the online Course on integrated management of Huanglongbing of citrus using Taiwanese methodology

Posted on Fri, 08 Sep 2017, 14:30

The Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA) and the Taiwanese International Cooperation and Development Fund have developed a course on integrated management of Citrus Greening Disease, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB). The course aims to develop …

EWG report posted

Posted on Wed, 06 Sep 2017, 16:12

The Report of the IPPC Expert Working Group Meeting on Authorization of entities to perform phytosanitary actions is now posted at this link.

Agenda of the Standards Committee meeting in November 2017 is posted!

Posted on Wed, 06 Sep 2017, 14:38

The provisional Agenda of the Standards Committee (SC) meeting is available at the IPP Calendar at: https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/494/ .

The meeting is taking place at FAO, Rome, Italy from 13 to 17 November 2017.

The draft ISPMs and draft Specifications to …

Compiled comments on draft specifications posted!

Posted on Mon, 04 Sep 2017, 09:05

Compiled comments from the 2017 consultation on draft specifications have been posted on the IPP: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/member-consultation-draft-specifications-ispms/ The IPPC Secretariat thanks all who have participated in the consultative process.

ePhyto business model

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2017, 07:00

The IPPC Secretariat is working to develop the business model for the ePhyto Solution. See more.

ePhyto Global Symposium Announcement

Posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017, 07:23

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat would like to hereby announce that the 3rd IPPC Global Symposium on ePhyto is to be hosted by Malaysia on the 22-26th of January 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, supported by the Asia & …

Agenda for Expert Working Group on the Revision of ISPM 8 posted!

Posted on Tue, 22 Aug 2017, 12:46

The agenda for the Expert Working Group (EWG) on the Revision of ISPM 8: Determination of pest status in an area (2009-005) is available at https://www.ippc.int/en/events/event/576/.

The meeting will be held in Hanoi, Viet Nam from 18 to 23 …

New Russian translations of the IPPC Guides are now available on the IPPC Phytosanitary Resources page!

Posted on Mon, 14 Aug 2017, 22:17

The following IPPC guides are now published in Russian on the Phytosanitary Resources page:

• Operation of a National Plant Protection Organization
• Establishing of a National Plant Protection Organization

The guides were translated under the project MTF /AZE/007/STF Strengthening phytosanitary …

IPPC sowing seeds for food security

Posted on Mon, 14 Aug 2017, 08:40

An article by Brent Larson, IPPC Senior Standards Officer, has recently appeared on the European Seeds magazine. You may read it here: http://european-seed.com/another-seed-food-security-sown/

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group SC-7) meeting Rome 15-19 May 2017) has now been posted

Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2017, 12:40

The report of the 2017 Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) meeting (Rome, 15 - 19 May, 2017) has now been posted. You can find the report on the IPP at this link. The 2017 SC-7 revised the following four …

Dr. John Hedley launches the Biosecurity Information Facility Portal.

Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2017, 00:15

The Biosecurity Information Facility Portal (http://bif.lrd.spc.int/) was officially launched on 9 August 2017 by John Hedley, Principal Advisor, New Zealand. It was prepared by the Pacific Community (SPC) and it hosts the biosecurity operating procedures for the 22 island …

Draft diagnostic protocols DPs) under DP notification period

Posted on Tue, 08 Aug 2017, 09:20

Two draft diagnostic protocols (DPs) are currently under the DP notification period:

• Phytophthora ramorum (2004-013)
• Tomato spotted wilt virus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus and Watermelon silver mottle virus (2004-019).

The DP notification period was opened on 1 July and will …