PRISE
A newly published review of the CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) project shows that smallholder farmers in four...
29/01/2024
Smallholder maize farmers in Ghana provided with early warning pest alerts and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advice about the fall...
28/09/2023
CABI’s expertise in digital data and development has been highlighted at a meeting in Kenya convened to identify ways in which Earth...
07/07/2023
CABI has highlighted the use of digital technology to help assist global food security efforts at the 5th Africa Agri Expo 2022...
26/04/2022
The benefits of the CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) in helping smallholder farmers mitigate crop pests outbreaks, thereby...
09/11/2021
The PRISE project has carried out a successful radio and SMS campaign targeting maize, tomato and bean smallholder farmers in Malawi. In...
02/11/2021
Novel Solutions in the form of pest risk alert systems now present a unique opportunity for low-income countries to better predict, prevent...
29/09/2021
An SMS campaign to promote awareness of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and mitigation measures, which was carried out in four...
09/07/2021
During the 2019 short rains season in Kenya, PRISE partnered with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) to provide maize farmers with...
04/11/2020
The Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) has published request for proposals (RFP) for partners in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia. PRISE...
14/08/2020
The COVID-19 crisis around the world has hit the most vulnerable communities hardest, with widespread fear that disruptions to farming and...
09/07/2020
By Harrison Rware, Fredrick Mbugua, and Frances Williams An estimated 40% of the world’s crops are lost to pests impacting on smallholder...
25/06/2020
Sixty percent of farmers who took part in a pilot SMS service run by Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) and Precision...
19/05/2020
Around 250 students from the University of Nairobi, Manguo Secondary School and Visa Oshwal Primary School were part of a 400-strong...
09/03/2020
The CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses space-age technology to provide farmers with an early warning of...
21/01/2020
In early December 2019, the Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) project ran a series of workshops across Malawi to engage with...
13/01/2020
Space-age technology to provide farmers with an early warning of pest outbreaks, which could devastate their crops and livelihoods, is...
10/10/2019
Farmers in Malawi are the latest to benefit from a CABI-led consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency, which is providing a Pest...
24/06/2019
Earlier this month, members of the Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) consortium held a stakeholder workshop in Kenya to update...
02/08/2018
“We’ve arrived everyone. Off the bus”. Ten journalists, myself and five other CABI staff disembark eager to write our own stories on...
18/07/2018
Globally, over 500 million smallholder farmers provide food for two thirds of the world’s population. With 40% of crops lost annually to...
24/05/2018
Last night, the Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses state-of-the-art technology to help inform farmers in sub-Saharan Africa...
06/12/2017
After 2 hours drive, we arrive in Rufunsa District located approximately 150 kilometres east of the Zambian Capital, Lusaka. After...
29/09/2017
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