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Across rural Kenya, young people face significant barriers to employment and entrepreneurship. At the same time, farming communities often struggle to access reliable agricultural advice, quality inputs and market opportunities. Youth-led agri-services are proving to be a powerful solution to both challenges.   The PlantwisePlus Agri-se...

Effective pesticide regulation is essential for protecting human health, safeguarding the environment, and supporting sustainable agricultural production. Robust pesticide dossier evaluation helps regulators determine whether products can be used safely under local conditions and ensures decisions are based on sound science and transparent processes.  Thes...

A partnership between CABI and NIPHM has strengthened plant health capacity building by embedding CABI Academy’s digital learning courses into India’s postgraduate curriculum. It provides a model that agricultural colleges across India and beyond can follow. Agriculture employs nearly 44% of India’s workforce, yet pests and diseases destroy up to 40% of the country’s cro...

Sri Lanka’s farmers face persistent challenges. Crop pests and diseases threaten yields across paddy and vegetable fields. The agriculture sector employs over 2 million people, roughly 30% of the workforce. Seven in ten smallholder farmers own less than 0.8 hectares of land. For these farmers, a pest outbreak can be devastating. CABI introduced the Permanent…

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