Plant clinic materials endorsed in Nepal for greater plant health and food security

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The Government of Nepal has adopted training materials derived from the CABI-led global PlantwisePlus programme which seeks to help smallholder farmers sustainably manage plant health threats, increase their incomes and food security. Major crop pests and diseases affecting Nepal’s rice, maize, wheat, millet, mangoes, citrus and bananas, include borers, thrips,…
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Ability of PlantwisePlus to empower smallholder farmers featured at European Commission’s InfoPoint Conference

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The ability of the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme to empower smallholder farmers to safeguard crops, livelihoods and biodiversity, has been featured at an InfoPoint Conference organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, and Dr Janny Vos, Partnerships Development Director at CABI, spoke about how PlantwisePlus…
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Workshop outlines plan to increase fight against the devastating papaya mealybug pest in more locations across Uganda

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CABI is working in partnership with colleagues in Uganda to help increase the fight in more districts against the potentially devastating papaya mealybug pest which is threatening smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and food security across the country. Integrated pest management (IPM) experts from CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya,…
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