Wednesday 1 January 2020

International Year of Plant Health – 2020

The New Year also rings in International Year of Plant Health. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in December 2018 and official launch of the yearlong event took place, in Rome, Italy on 2 December 2019.
The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. – from the official website of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

Further events are planned for 2020 including an International Plant Health conference in Helsinki, Finland between 5-8 October.


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