Rice pests are no longer winning: the Khmer Smile is back
Contributed by Heng Chunn Hy and Ho Chea, General Department of Agriculture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Hy Broey, a farmer from Choeung Tik Khor village in Prey Veng Province, Cambodia, came with her problem to the plant clinic. She had many problems in rice planting and production, especially during the tillering stage. By attending plant clinics…
Pest management advice in person, in print, on mobile…what next?
If you take a look at a Plantwise pest management decision guide (PMDG) on the Knowledge Bank, it probably won’t look much different to how it looked before. However, under the covers, this PDF has been created in a completely different way to before. This is because we are now storing each part of the PMDG…
Participación de CABI en el “48 Congresso Brasileiro de Fitopatologia” en Brazil.
Texto preparado y editado por Martha Maria Passador y Javier Franco En el mes de Agosto del 2015, en los días 10 al 13, se realizó el “48ₒ Congresso Brasileiro de Fitopatologia”, en la ciudad de São Pedro, ubicada en el interior del estado de São Paulo. Este congreso se lleva a cabo anualmente en…
Plant Doctor Game app was downloaded 1111 times!
Over 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide provide food for two-thirds of the earth’s growing population. These farmers, and the major challenges they face due to crop health problems, is the focus of the Plant Doctor Game app launched by the Plantwise programme at the Swiss Pavilion during Expo Milano 2015. So far, the Plant Doctor…
Perú: nueva clínica de plantas en de la región de Lambayeque
Texto preparado y editado por Martha Passador, Melanie Bateman y Javier Franco Los agricultores de la región de Lambayeque recibieron el día 20 de Julio del 2015 un nuevo servicio para mejorar su producción agrícola. Una nueva clínica ubicada en el poblado de Batan Grande fue inaugurada, dónde los agricultores de esta región podrán acercarse…
Bolivia: caso confirmado de la Moniliasis del cacao
En junio 2015, se confirmó la presencia del hongo de la Moniliasis del cacao en Alto Beni, Departamento de La Paz a donde 85% de la producción de cacao es producida por aproximadamente 3000 pequeños y pequeñas agricultores. Este hongo (Moniliophthora roreri) es limitado en 13 países de América Latina y causa pérdidas importantes por…
Free plant clinics set up in Bangladesh
Ten plant clinics have been set up in Bangladesh to provide practical advice to farmers who have crop problems. Read the full story here
Plant Doctors in Nepal start Facebook group to share expertise on plant health issues
Contributed by Vinod Pandit, CABI Country Coordinator for Nepal. All pictures by Vinod Pandit, Facebook group account. Plant doctors in Nepal have created a Facebook group so they can share expertise on plant health issues with each other and farmers. As plant doctors were finding it a challenge to diagnose some of the plant disease…
In Expo Milano debate, IPPC argues for the crucial need for international cooperation on plant health
Contributed my Melanie Bateman, CABI Switzerland The universal Expo Milano’s theme is ‘Feeding the planet, Energy for Life’. Plant health’s important contribution to food security has already featured prominently in Expo events which Plantwise has participated in such as recent ones hosted by the Swiss Pavilion and the UK Pavilion. This message was reiterated and…
Farmer Field Day training in Malawi
On Tuesday, June 3rd, Land O’Lakes held another in a series of Farmer Field Day training events at one of their signature Answer Plot® sites, known locally as Yankho Plot™ sites in Malawi. This farmer training event was held in Salima district, Malawi, on a plot planted with several varieties of rice. On this day,…