Burundi strengthens food security and adds PlantwisePlus pest management training to 40 agricultural schools

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Burundi has been busy stepping up its efforts to train more PlantwisePlus plant doctors to meet the country’s need to strengthen its food security and help more farmers grow more and lose less to crop pests and diseases.
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Study briefs: PlantwisePlus supports Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka achieve climate and agricultural goals

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CABI has published three new study briefs exploring how the CABI-led global PlantwisePlus programme supports Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka achieve some of their climate and development priorities within agriculture.
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Building capacity for a resilient cassava seed system in Zambia

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Cassava remains one of Zambia’s most important food security crops, but it is increasingly under threat from devastating diseases such as Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD).
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CABI partners to train agrochemical registration officers on crop grouping guidelines in Kenya

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CABI partnered with the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) of Kenya and the Minor Crops Technical Working Group – Kenya (MCTWG-Kenya) to build the capacity of registration officers from various agrochemical companies in efficacy, residue data, and crop grouping guidelines.
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Empowering a continent: How youth and cooperatives are revolutionizing agriculture in East Africa

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Across Kenya and Uganda, a transformative movement is reshaping the agricultural landscape, driven by the dynamic partnership between rural youth and established cooperative societies.
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‘Sowing the seeds’ for food security in Uganda: CABI supports training for Quality Declared Seed production

CABI has been working with Zirobwe Agali-Awamu Agribusiness Training Association (ZAABTA), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), and Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) in Uganda to help smallholder farmers meet standards for Quality Declared Seed (QDS) production.
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CABI helps develop regional Pest Risk Analysis to prevent/reduce the invasion of new crop pests in West African countries

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CABI has teamed up with 15 NPPOs for a workshop held to help develop regional Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) to prevent/reduce the invasion of new crop pests in West African countries.
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Training module to help agro-input dealers in Uganda reduce the risks of highly hazardous pesticides

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CABI has worked in partnership to produce a training module on lower-risk plant protection products to help agro-input dealers in Uganda reduce the risks associated with highly hazardous pesticides to deal with a range of crop pests.
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Training workshops held to help strengthen capacity of PlantwisePlus plant clinics in Namibia

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Two training workshops have been held to help strengthen the capacity of 10 PlantwisePlus plant clinics recently launched in Namibia in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Writeshop to draft National Pesticide Residue Monitoring Framework for Kenya

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A writeshop has led to the creation of a draft National Pesticide Residue Monitoring Framework for Kenya aimed at coordinating pesticides residue monitoring for domestic and export value chains. This writeshop follows a series of virtual meetings held in the months of May and July 2024 that aimed at examining the situation on pesticide monitoring…
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