LOSE LESS, FEED MORE www.plantwise.org

Role of Plantwise in disease detection and

knowledge dissemination

Shaun Hobbs,

Global Director, Knowledge Bank

FAO - December 2014

CABI’s mission

CABI improves people’s lives

worldwide by providing

information and applying

scientific expertise to solve

problems in agriculture and the

environment

We work on behalf of 48 member countries

Global reach

We have 350+ staff across 21 locations worldwide

UK 208 Netherlands 3 Switzerland 27 Bulgaria 1 USA 3

Trinidad & Tobago 4

Kenya 37

Hungary 1 Serbia 1

Cameroon 1

India 18

Ghana 5 Uganda 1 Ethiopia 1

Australia 1

Malaysia 13

China 6

Pakistan 51

Brazil 2

Costa Rica 1

Chile 1

Lose less, feed more

A global programme led by

CABI working with partners

worldwide

Supporting smallholder

farmers with accessible,

practical knowledge, so they

can help themselves to lose

less of what they grow to crop

pests

Through

National networks of plant

clinics established to provide

regular advice to farmers

Linkages between key actors

in a plant health system,

including extension, research,

regulation and input supply

Knowledge bank for pest

diagnosis, treatment,

distribution, and data

management.

PW Implementation 2014

Africa

DR Congo

Kenya

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Uganda

Ghana

Ethiopia

Malawi

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Mozambique

South Asia

Bangladesh

India

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Central &

West Asia

Pakistan

Afghanistan

Souteast Asia

Cambodia

Vietnam

Thailand

Myanmar

East Asia

China Caribbean & Central

America

Nicaragua

Honduras

Costa Rica

Barbados

Grenada

Trinidad & Tobago

Suriname South

America

Bolivia

Peru

Brazil (CABI member countries in red)

Free at the point of use

Set up at local meeting

places, such as

markets

Farmers bring a

sample into the plant

clinic

They receive a

diagnosis and a

‘prescription’ from the

plant doctor giving

practical treatment

advice

How the clinics work

Plant clinic, DR Congo

‘plant doctors’

(extension/plant protection staff)

Farmers

Plantwise

knowledge

bank

Diagnosis,

support, advice

“Intelligence”:

What crops,

pests are being

seen?

Dialogue with

farmer, collect

key information

Improved,

evidence-based

extension

materials; pest

alerts; support

tools

Partner

materials/data

Scientific information

and expertise

Information flow

Open Access pest information Available in many languages

Each Plantwise country with its own homepage Each CABI Member Country with its own homepage Each EPPO Country with its own homepage

Technical Factsheets

Factsheets for Farmers

Partner Factsheets

Maps of pest distribution

Partner data from CIAT

Access controlled area Data training Clinic data: Recording Collating Analysing

Factsheet app available for Android on Google Play.

National data validation and analysis workshops WHO

Quarantine, Pesticides Board, Ministry, Universities, Research

Institute

KEY MESSAGES

Potential new pest – needs confirmation by NPPO

Pest distribution information, e.g. banana cigar end rot, MLND

General survey of pests – helps update national pest list

Reviews pesticide use levels on key crops.

Develop safer and more effective nematode treatments

Feedback to plant doctors on diagnosis and advice

Joint IPPC/FAO Plantwise meetings in East and West Africa WHO

Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Ghana, Sierra

Leone: NPPOs, extension, research universities

IPPC, IAPC, FAO, Plantwise

KEY MESSAGES

Need to share information among countries

PW activities and data can support the NPPO activities through:

Linking stakeholders in Plant Health System

Pest reporting

Pest risk analysis

List of regulated pests

Providing information on pesticide use and regulation

LOSE LESS, FEED MORE www.plantwise.org

Ministry of Agriculture,

People’s Republic of

China

Thank you We wish to acknowledge the support of our donors, as well as our national and international partners who make Plantwise possible