Charlotte Day

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29 January, 2024

African smallholder farmers benefit from reduced crop losses and higher...

A newly published review of the CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) project shows that smallholder farmers in four African countries who...

28 September, 2023

Early warning pest alerts and Integrated Pest Management advice contributes...

Smallholder maize farmers in Ghana provided with early warning pest alerts and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) advice about the fall...

7 July, 2023

CABI’s expertise in digital data highlighted at Kenya meeting to...

CABI’s expertise in digital data and development has been highlighted at a meeting in Kenya convened to identify ways in...

26 April, 2022

CABI highlights digital technology to assist global food security efforts...

CABI has highlighted the use of digital technology to help assist global food security efforts at the 5th Africa Agri Expo...

9 November, 2021

Benefits of Pest Risk Information Service highlighted at CODATA Virtual...

The benefits of the CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) in helping smallholder farmers mitigate crop pests outbreaks, thereby boosting...

29 September, 2021

Data and farming innovations aid crop pest risk prediction and...

Novel Solutions in the form of pest risk alert systems now present a unique opportunity for low-income countries to better...

9 July, 2021

Digital extension campaign helps farmers to manage fall armyworm in...

An SMS campaign to promote awareness of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and mitigation measures, which was carried out in four...

14 August, 2020

PRISE is seeking partners in dissemination and crowdsourcing

The Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) has published request for proposals (RFP) for partners in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia....

9 July, 2020

How COVID-19 impacted PRISE activities in Ghana: The solution of...

The COVID-19 crisis around the world has hit the most vulnerable communities hardest, with widespread fear that disruptions to farming...

25 June, 2020

PRISE pest alerts mean farmers and advisors have more time...

By Harrison Rware, Fredrick Mbugua, and Frances Williams An estimated 40% of the world’s crops are lost to pests impacting...

19 May, 2020

PRISE pays dividends with farmers in Kenya heeding vital pest...

Sixty percent of farmers who took part in a pilot SMS service run by Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) and Precision Agriculture for...

9 March, 2020

Five, four, three, two, one – blast off! Students keep...

Around 250 students from the University of Nairobi, Manguo Secondary School and Visa Oshwal Primary School were part of a 400-strong...

21 January, 2020

Space-age pest monitoring features at UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020

The CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses space-age technology to provide farmers with an early warning of potentially devastating pest...

13 January, 2020

PRISE project supporting Plant Doctor training in Malawi

In early December 2019, the Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) project ran a series of workshops across Malawi to engage with Plantwise...

10 October, 2019

Space-age pest monitoring pays dividends for farmers in Kenya

Space-age technology to provide farmers with an early warning of pest outbreaks, which could devastate their crops and livelihoods, is...

24 June, 2019

Farmers in Malawi to benefit from space-age technology in fight...

Farmers in Malawi are the latest to benefit from a CABI-led consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency, which is providing...

18 July, 2018

Plant clinics, pests and pads of paper

“We’ve arrived everyone. Off the bus”. Ten journalists, myself and five other CABI staff disembark eager to write our own...

24 May, 2018

From satellites to stem borers: using earth observation to forecast...

Globally, over 500 million smallholder farmers provide food for two thirds of the world’s population. With 40% of crops lost...

6 December, 2017

Space-age technology for fight against crop-devastating pest outbreaks

Last night, the Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses state-of-the-art technology to help inform farmers in sub-Saharan Africa of...

29 September, 2017

PRISE: speaking to the end user – pest alerts for...

After 2 hours drive, we arrive in Rufunsa District located approximately 150 kilometres east of the Zambian Capital, Lusaka. After...