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Inclusive advisory services enable the women of Thirumalairayasamuthiram village in India to better manage their farms
December 2, 2020
Bethel Terefe, R. Rajkumar, Vinod Pandit
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Women play a significant and crucial role in agricultural production. An economic survey carried out it 2017-18, indicates that with growing rural to urban migration by men, there is a ‘feminization’ of the agriculture sector, with an increasing number of women in multiple roles as cultivators, entrepreneurs, and labourers. Globally, there is empirical evidence that women have…
Teaching an app to help farmers
June 19, 2020
Korbinian Hartberger, Malvika Chaudhary, Mike Reeve, R. Rajkumar, Vinod Pandit
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CABI and the start-up Plantix work together to improve the Plantix farmer app. As a result, the app is now able to detect several diseases for the first time. Worldwide, farmers face huge problems when pests and diseases threaten their crops. The stakes are high and the task to identify precisely the cause of the…
The importance of plant clinics to Nepalese smallholder farmers
May 19, 2020
Rita Bastakoti, Vinod Pandit
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Nepal has immense diversity in its agro-climate and its crop production, thanks to the variation in its physical landscape. However, it faces a major constraint on its agricultural production, due to pests. Various studies indicate that about 35–40% of pre- and post-harvest losses in Nepal are caused by pests. Several types of chemicals are used…
Working together online to support farmers during lockdown in India
May 4, 2020
R. Rajkumar, Vinod Pandit
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“Necessity is the mother of invention” – Plato This is a famous phrase, indicating that a need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem. The world is currently going through a difficult time due to COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in an almost-complete shutdown of all activities across the…
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