Plant doctors share advice using WhatsApp and Facebook in Central America
by Erica Chernoh and Eduardo Hidalgo, CABI Haga clic para la versión español de abajo The software application WhatsApp is being used by plant doctors in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras to provide and receive plant diagnostic support. WhatsApp has proven to be popular in many countries, because it is a free communication tool…
Plantwise Vietnam welcomes the Chairman, Governing Board of CABI
Report by Dr Sivapragasam Annamalai, CABI Country Coordinator for Plantwise Vietnam Mr. Philip Walters, the Chairman of the Governing Board, CABI visited a plant clinic in Tan My Chanh Village, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, south Vietnam on the 2nd November, 2015. It was his first ever visit to a plant clinic in operation. During the…
Bolivia: control de la mosca de la fruta en chirimoya
La mosca de la fruta es una plaga de mayor importancia en América latina, y solo en Bolivia, esta plaga causa pérdida de 113 millones de dólares cada año a los productores de frutas y hortalizas. Los productores y productoras de chirimoya pueden revisar la Lista Verde producida por Plantwise que brinda asesoramiento sobre la…
Plantwise Bangladesh National Forum urges government to set up a central diagnostic lab
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Showcasing a live plant clinic at the Swiss Agriculture and Food Fair OLMA
Plantwise is showcasing its work at the Swiss Agriculture and Food Fair, the OLMA, held in St.Gallen/Switzerland from 8 to 18 October 2015, following an invitation by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC.
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…