How plant clinics are reaching female farmers in Honduras

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Written by Eduardo Hidalgo and JosĂ© GĂłmez The Plantwise programme supports local implementing organizations in their efforts to mainstream gender equality in their activities. The Plantwise steering committee in Honduras invited Olinda Rubio (Chief of Communications at the Ministry of Agriculture [SAG-SENASA] and gender expert), to join the team and lead the in-country Plantwise gender strategy, which focuses on ensuring…
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Two-day training in Trinidad on plant disease diagnosis

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Reblogged from the Trinidad Express. A two day training on Plant Disease Diagnosis was conducted in the Department of Food, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine from July 13 to 14 to agricultural extension officers of Trinidad and Tobago. The training was organised under the auspices of The…
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Plantwise Vietnam training on data validation, processing and analysis

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Reblogged from Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences news During 3-day training workshop, participants learnt how to validate Plantwise diagnoses and recommendations and how to analyze data from Vietnam stored on the Plantwise Knowledge bank. This activity is useful and necessary for the staff working in plant protection because they can examine and evaluate skills and…
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Plant doctors to the rescue in integrated pest management

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By Dyna Eam. Reblogged from the CGIAR CCAFS blog. Farmer representatives and project team members of Rohal Suong Climate-Smart Village in Cambodia learn about rice pest management in light of climate change. Many people attribute floods, droughts and cyclones to climate change and these natural disasters impact greatly on agricultural productivity. But recent scientific evidences…
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Doctors for Farmers

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ClĂ­nica de plantas atendiĂł en el DĂ­a Nacional de ProtecciĂłn de los CĂ­tricos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia

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Puesto de productores de cĂ­tricos en la feria. FotografĂ­a de JosĂ© GĂłmez El sábado 18 de junio, se llevĂł a cabo el DĂ­a Nacional de ProtecciĂłn de los CĂ­tricos. Esta actividad fue organizada por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras, y se realizĂł en todos los departamentos del paĂ­s. El Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria…
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Plantwise goes mainstream in Myanmar agriculture

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by Dr. Kyin Kyin Win, Deputy Director (Plant Protection Division, MOALI) A major outcome of the two-year  pilot programme of Plantwise in Myanmar was the  recommendation from Dr. Tin Htut, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) to develop a Myanmar Plant Health System Development Strategy (MPHSDS) to guide the future…
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Campaigning for Safe Chemical Use in Uganda

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A loud booming voice on a megaphone breaks the silence in the farming village of Kaptum centre..”Akwaa! lo mite kapurto nyepo ceyec cepo nyepokaptisyet!”, (come attend a plant health rally by ministry of agriculture officials). Farmers quickly gather and listen attentively as Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) officials conduct the plant health…
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Plantwise programme expansion in Brazil

Plantwise is being implemented and coordinated in Brazil by EMBRAPA in collaboration with Empaer and the local government of Mato Grosso. Last year, faculty members from the Federal University of SĂŁo Carlos (UFSCar) at Lagoa do Sino campus, in Buri, SĂŁo Paulo State, expressed their interest in incorporating the plant clinics approach into their extension services in order…
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Plantwise Brazilian team participates at EMBRAPA’s “6th Field Day on Integrated Systems for Agricultural Production”

Dr Yelitza Colmenarez and JosĂ© GĂłmez represented the Plantwise programme in a field day organized by the Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation).  EMBRAPA is an affiliated institution to the Ministry of Agriculture, devoted to the advancement of Brazilian agriculture through technology. The event was hosted by EMBRAPA’s agro-silviculture unit in Sinop,…
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