African smallholder farmers benefit from reduced crop losses and higher incomes from a novel alert service

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

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Early warning pest alerts and Integrated Pest Management advice contributes to greater food security in Ghana

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

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Digital extension campaign helps farmers to manage fall armyworm in Zambia

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

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PRISE-PAD Fall Armyworm SMS Alert Pilot

During the 2019 short rains season in Kenya, PRISE partnered with Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) to provide maize farmers with...

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PRISE pays dividends with farmers in Kenya heeding vital pest risk advice

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

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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...

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