Tags: pests

ILRI News on pests

03 Nov 2019

#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands

A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta Patel & Susan MacMillan One Health is the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment. —...

Africa RISING feed

04 Mar 2018

Jonathan Odhong

Africa RISING–NAFAKA Project trains government extension staff and farmers in Tanzania on fall army worm management

The Africa RISING–NAFAKA project has trained more than 250 government extension staff and more than 40 lead farmers from Tanzania’s southern highlands on fall armyworm (FAW) management. The training sessions took place from 22 January–6 February 2018 in the districts of Kilolo, Iringa Rural,...

Africa RISING feed

15 Feb 2018

Simret Yasabu

Africa RISING Ethiopia organized a training on apple and mango production in Tigray, Ethiopia

Apple disease has become a frustration for many of the farmers in Tigray region(Photo credit:ILRI\Simret Yasabu) In the past few decades, apple farming in the Tigray highlands has expanded significantly since the introduction of apple trees to the region’s woredas by the Tigray Regional Office of...