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PlantwisePlus in Ghana

Around 70% of farmers in Ghana are smallholders, playing a pivotal role in food and cash crop production. PlantwisePlus is working to empower these smallholder farmers to produce more high-quality crops sustainably.

PlantwisePlus activities in Ghana are working to improve extension services for the country's female farmers, who have limited access to extension services due to various challenges. Other key projects include assessing natural enemies and parasitism of the invasive fall armyworm, which has ravaged crops in the region.

Latest blogs

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Bridging the gender digital divide in Ghana 

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CABI shares important new evidence on the legacy of Plantwise

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Improving Ghanaian women farmers' access to agricultural advisory services

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New study highlights positive impact of PlantwisePlus in Ghana on gender-inclusive agricultural extension services

Research and publications

Assessing the Potential of Inoculative Field Releases of Telenomus remus to Control Spodoptera frugiperda in Ghana

Type Journal article

Published in Insects 2021, 12(8)

Language English

Year 2021

Gender and Rural Advisory Services Assessment in Ghana

Type Project report

Language English

Year 2022

Fall armyworm management: lessons learnt from Ghana

Type Study brief

Published in Study Brief 40: Impact

Language English

Year 2021

Focus countries

Bangladesh

PlantwisePlus is working to empower farmers to use more sustainable crop management processes, including the use of a new biocontrol agent to fight fall armyworm.

Kenya

Key projects in Kenya include the successful release of a biocontrol agent to mitigate the impact of papaya mealybug.

Pakistan

Key PlantwisePlus projects in Pakistan include the release of a biocontrol agent to safeguard crops from invasive parthenium weed.

Uganda

In Uganda, PlantwisePlus is working with partners to provide training to young people and agro-dealers.

Zambia

In Zambia, PlantwisePlus activities include supporting Zambian farmers manage invasive species such as cassava brown streak disease.

Where we work

PlantwisePlus aims to reach 75 million smallholder farmers in 27 countries. Find out where PlantwisePlus activities are taking place.

Learn more about PlantwisePlus

Delivered through gender-sensitive and climate-resilient approaches, PlantwisePlus is tackling the challenges facing smallholder production through three impact pathways: Pest Preparedness, Pesticide Risk Reduction, and Farmer Advisory.

Pesticide Risk Reduction

Due to increasing plant health threats, more pesticides are used every year around the world. PlantwisePlus recognizes the urgent need to increase the uptake of lower-risk plant protection products by farmers.

Farmer Advisory

The Farmer Advisory pathway is focused on enhancing knowledge and uptake of integrated pest management (IPM) practices through responsive digital advisory tools.

Pest Preparedness

PlantwisePlus supports the development and enhancement of processes that enable countries and regional organizations to quickly and effectively identify, prioritize and respond to pest threats, integrating the latest information on pest distribution and climate change models.