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In Ahafo Ano North, Ghana, video-assisted community dialogues are moving pesticide education beyond one-way messaging. These videos are helping farmers, agro-input dealers, traders, and community leaders confront the pressures driving pesticide misuse. Together, they are identifying ways to reduce the risks. A video-assisted community dialogue campaign in the Ahafo Ano North ...

Fall armyworm is a highly mobile crop pest that moves quickly between maize fields. Since it arrived in Africa, the pest has quickly spread across land managed by millions of smallholder farmers. The speed at which it moves makes its management complex. Rather than working independently, one field at a time, recent research from Zambia has…

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Banana bunchy top disease is one of the most destructive banana and plantain diseases worldwide. Caused by a virus, it poses a considerable risk to commercial and smallholder farmers alike, causing yield losses of 2 to 12 tonnes per hectare and income losses of up to 100%. A recent CABI study estimated that farmer income losses range from US$289 to a substantial US$1,444 per…...

At An Giang University (VNU-HCM) in Vietnam, lecturers are using CABI Academy courses alongside conventional teaching methods to help students develop practical plant health knowledge and skills. More than 400 students have enrolled, using the courses to support their laboratory work, field activities and independent study. This uptake represents a significant proportion of C...

Agricultural service providers play an important role in farming. In addition to offering support, they also help to fill gaps in public extension systems. They deliver services such as pest and plant health diagnosis and integrated pest management (IPM) advice. By working with local authorities, PlantwisePlus is helping to train local entrepreneurs to become trusted service ...