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International Year of Plant Health

Last Modified: Jun 19, 2020

Help Us Promote Plant Health!

The United Nations declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Please join us in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and help protect the world’s crops, forests, gardens, and landscapes against invasive pests. When we protect plant health, we protect the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the environment in which we live. In short, protecting plant health protects people.

Make Your Game Plan

Be sure to check out the IYPH Get Started Guide and download IYPH materials today. Choose from dozens of ready-made outreach materials from the Hungry Pests program, our award-winning invasive species public awareness campaign, to use in your IYPH outreach today.

Explore Plant Protection Today

Learn what we’re doing every day to protect plant health in the United States.

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IYPH Calendar of Events

Add your organization’s event to our calendar. Mail details to heather.l.curlett@usda.gov.

Join Us at Safeguarding 2020

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone the Safeguarding Conference until summer of 2021. We will announce the new dates and other details soon.

Join the Conversation

See what people around the world are saying about the International Year of Plant Health:

#IYPH2020 | #PlantHealth