Katy Lee, Secretariat of the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC) is working from Rome, Italy and will participate in meetings of the International Plant Protection Convention’s (IPPC) 14th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM). The CPM will bring together the 183 contracting parties to the IPPC. During the meeting, the IGTC will focus on sections of the CPM agenda that closely aligns with grain trade priorities, including:
- The contribution of the global trade of commodities to global food security and economic development.
- The business plan for the ePhyto Solution post 2019
- International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH 2020)
- Next generation sequencing technologies as a diagnostic tool for phytosanitary purposes
- Adding, deleting or modifying IPPC documents
on the following subjects of interest to IGTC members:
- Terms for consideration by the Technical Panel on the Glossary (TPG);
- Diagnostic protocols for consideration by the Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP);
- Phytosanitary treatments for consideration by the Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT)