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,…
Plant Doctors facebook group – new innovation by Plantwise Bangladesh
Contributed by Malvika Chaudhary CABI Bangladesh and Madeleine Kaufmann CABI Switzerland We would like to share with you a new innovation by Plantwise Bangladesh. They lately created a “Plant Doctor Facebook Group” having two purposes. On the one hand plant doctors can communicate with each other sharing and exchange information and experience on plant pests…
Developing skills for kitchen gardeners in the Punjab
Contributed by Madeleine Kaufmann, CABI Switzerland, with information from CABI Pakistan. https://vimeo.com/132439159 Agriculture is the mainstay of Pakistan’s economy. It engages nearly half of the country’s workforce and accounts for over 20% of GDP. Together with agro-based products, agriculture contributes 80% of the country’s total export earnings. But despite the economic importance of agriculture, many…
Key decisions regarding pesticides at the Conferences of Parties of the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Contributed by Melanie Bateman, CABI Switzerland In May, the Conferences of Parties of the Rotterdam, Basel and Stockholm Conventions (Triple COPs) met in Geneva, Switzerland. These are the three major international conventions dealing with chemicals and hazardous waste at a global level, and one thing that they do is to list chemicals which the international…
Honduras- Jornada de salud de plantas en Belén, Ocotepeque
Texto escribido por Carlos Barrera, Coordinador de distrito y Doctor de plantas (SENASA Honduras). English summary follows La organización ALDEAS GLOBALES, en el municipio de Belén, Ocotepeque, está apoyando en coordinación con el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) y el Centro Internacional de Bio ciencias Agrícolas (CABI), la iniciativa PLANTWISE, atendiendo la Clínica para…
How global hunger distribution has changed over the last 25 years #datavis
The FAO has published its annual report on global hunger statistics. The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 declares that the number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million fewer than in 1990-92, despite a global population increase of 1.9 billion people. The full report can be accessed…