New PlantwisePlus Toolkit helps farmer advisory service providers give better advice

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A new PlantwisePlus Toolkit has been launched to help identifying tried and trusted digital tools that are designed to assist crop production by supporting decision-making. The website is aimed at agricultural advisory service providers and brings together a suite of digital tools to, ultimately, support smallholder farmers implementing sustainable crop…
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CABI’s expertise in digital development highlighted at major European conference

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CABI’s expertise in digital development has been highlighted at the Master Data Management & Data Governance Conference Europe 2023. Ada Isaac, Research and Delivery Manager, and Chipo Msengezi, Project Manager – Digital Development, both gave a presentation entitled ‘Leveraging FAIR for Better Data Governance’ at the event held in London.…
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CABI partners with ACIAR to develop FAIR data strategy for its soil and land management program

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The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funds research projects aimed at improving agricultural productivity, sustainability, and resilience in developing countries. ACIAR recognizes the importance of data management and the need for research programs to adopt the FAIR data principles, which ensure that research outputs meet principles of findability,…
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Importance of FAIR data highlighted in workshop as part of plans for digital plant health service in Malawi

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CABI has highlighted the importance of adopting the principles of FAIR data in a workshop held to help establish a digital plant health service in Malawi that will ultimately ensure greater food security and benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers. Henry Mibei, Manager, Digital Development, and Dr Tom Chaloner, Data Policy…
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CABI’s expertise in digital development showcased at World Literacy Summit

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CABI’s expertise in digital development has been showcased at the World Literacy Summit which was held at the University of Oxford. The summit brought together leaders from 85 countries – representing over two-thirds of the world’s population – with a single focus of advocating, championing and educating on the vital…
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CABI tests knowledge dashboard to help strengthen maize productivity in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda

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CABI has been ‘road testing’ digital tools to help strengthen maize productivity in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda as part of the GAIA dashboard which is being developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Henry Mibei, CABI’s Manager, Digital Development, visited Dar es Salaam and Dodoma in Tanzania…
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