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.

We support the professional interests of plant pathologists worldwide. We organise regular scientific meetings, edit three international pathology journals and make funds available to members.

The BSPP aims produce resources to help promote the teaching of plant pathology from primary school up to university level. We have a set of new primary school resources to help teach about major plant pathogens and how to identify the different types of pathogens.

The BSPP is responsible for editing three international peer-reviewed journals: Plant Pathology, Molecular Plant Pathology and New Disease Reports.