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Plant health, safe trade and digital technology
The International Day of Plant Health (13 May) urges collective efforts to preserve plant health and ensure food safety and safe trade for sustainable economies. Each year, millions of containers carry plant products and wood packaging materials between countries, facilitating pest transmission. Invasive pests cause global economic losses of around USD 220 billion annually. To protect global plant health, adherence to the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, and innovations like the electronic phytosanitary certificate, ePhyto, improve trade efficiency and security.

Fall armyworm is one of the world's most dangerous plant pests, feeding on more than 80 crops and affecting plant health in more than 70 countries.