Plantwise Blog

One of the illustrations from the pesticide safety guide produced by FAO and ILO (Image: Julien Batandéo)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including a model for sustainable onion production in India, a new training guide produced by FAO and ILO to protect children form the harmful effects of pesticides and a Chinese agricultural technology company providing support to improve food production in Tanzania.

Click on the link to read more of the latest plant health news!

• India: Model for sustainable onion production
  Fresh Plaza, 18^th May 2015
• Zimbabwe: Long-Term Food Security Measures Key
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 19^th May 2015
• Costa Rica protects avocado against Sun Blotch
  Fresh Plaza, 18^th May 2015
• Africa: New Visual Guide to Protect Children From Pesticides
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 13^th May 2015
• Zambia: ‘Grow Food for Cash’
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 17^th May 2015
• How to grow food in a slum: lessons from the sack farmers of Kibera
  Global development: Food security | guardian.co.uk, 18^th May 2015
• Tanzania: Papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) invasion
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 16^th May 2015
• Chinese ag tech to boost Tanzania farming
  Fresh Plaza, 7^th May 2015
• Youth in agriculture field growing
  Barbados Agriculture News, 7^th May 2015
• Philippines: Stricter policy on chemical use hit
  Fresh Plaza, 5^th May 2015

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