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Understanding Smallholders’ Decisions towards Adopting HPAI Prevention and Control Measures

Any decision-making by policymakers on HPAI prevention and control is challenged by the need to avoid […]

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The effect of climatic factors on Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, causal agent of mango anthracnose in the Philippines

The epidemiology of the anthracnose pathogen of mango, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, was studied over two growing seasons […]

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The biology and control of Colletotrichum species on tropical fruit crops

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Temporal and Spatial Patterns of HPAI in Viet Nam

This briefing outlines the relationship between several risk factors and the occurrence of HPAI outbreaks in […]

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Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID)

This media briefing provides details of the 12 grants awarded to projects under the SARID programme. […]

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Survey of cassava virus diseases in Tanzania

A survey was carried out of African cassava mosaic geminivirus and cassava brown streak virus diseases […]

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Studies on the susceptibility of farmed Rana tigerina and R. rugulosa to frog septicaemic disease and its control

Bacterial septicaemia is a major problem in frog farming in South East Asia. This project aimed […]

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Sterility mosaic disease – the ‘green plague’ of pigeonpea: advances in understanding the etiology, Transmission and control of a major virus disease

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Sources and Destinations ofPoultry Traded in Ha Vi Market:Results of a Participatory Appraisal

Several waves of HPAI caused by the H5N1 strain have swept through Vietnam over the past […]

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Simulation Modelling of the Spread of Rice Tungro Virus Disease: The Potential for Management by Roguing

A simulation model of the dynamics of rice tungro virus disease (RTVD) was developed to assess […]

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Shrimp defence mechanisms and immunostimulation to enhance sustainability and reduce antibiotic usage

This project set out to research shrimp defence mechanisms and to gain a better understanding of […]

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Science and partnership take the punch out offinger millet blast. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Risk assessment for rice planthopper and tungro disease outbreaks

Comparisons are drawn between the decision-making processes used in the management of two major pests of […]

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Rice sheath blight complex caused by Rhizoctonia species: Pathogen epidemiology and management strategies. Final Technical Report, Project R7778

This project aimed to establish the epidemiology of the Rhizoctonia species involved in the rice sheath […]

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Promotion of current knowledge on pests of coffee in East Africa – Final Technical Report

The primary purpose of the project was to collate current knowledge on the major pests and […]

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Promotion of control measures for cassava brown streak disease – Final Technical Report

The main focus of the present project was the promotion of control measures developed under project […]

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Promoting the adoption of improved and integrated disease and pest management technologies in chickpea by poor farmers in mid hills and hillside cropping systems in Nepal – Final Technical Report

This project has successfully validated, through on-farm participatory trials, the application and use by farmers of […]

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Project Completion Summary Sheet. Promoting the adoption of improved disease and pest management technologies in chickpea by poor farmers in mid hills and hillside cropping systems in Nepal

The purpose of this project was to reduce poverty by increasing chickpea production through the adoption […]

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Project Completion Summary Sheet. Groundnut rosette disease management.

The purpose of this project was to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in four districts […]

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Production of antibodies to pseudomonas solanacearum the causative agent of bacterial wilt

Both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies have been developed to Pseudomonas solanacearum, the causative agent of bacterial […]

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Prevention is the best cure for banana viruses. Validated RNRRS Output.

Smallholder growers in the Philippines and Uganda can now recognise virus infections in their banana plants. […]

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Pre-and post-harvest control of mango anthracnose in the Philippines

Two field trials were conducted in the Philippines in successive years to compare the effectiveness of […]

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Poultry, HPAI and Livelihoods inMyanmar ??? A Review.

This document aims to provide a brief country economic overview of Myanmar; a review of the […]

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Poultry, HPAI and Livelihoods in Viet Nam – A Review

This document is part of a series of documents that aim to provide comprehensive overviews of […]

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Fighting sweet potato virus diseases

Sweet potato is an important staple crop in East Africa, where it provides vital food for […]

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Bean root rot: getting the upper hand

Beans are one of Africa’s key crops. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is the second most […]

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Playing the generation game

Forty-one percent of the world’s sorghum area is located in Africa, yet sorghum yields in this […]

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Plant Health Clinics, Bangladesh. Getting better all the time

This video, in English and Bengali with English subtitles, promotes the work of the Global Plant […]

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Plant health clinics in Bolivia 2000—2009: operations and preliminary results

Smallholder farmers need information on plant diseases. Ten plant health clinics (Postas para Plantas) evolved in […]

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Plant Health Clinics for Sierra Leone

This report describes the setting up of plant clinics in each of the 13 administrative districts […]

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Phosphonic acid: an alternative approach to the control of black pod disease of cocoa caused by Phytophthora megakarya.

Cocoa is the main commodity crop of Ghana and is financially important for the livelihood of […]

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Perking up smallholder coffee production. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Pests and Diseases of Coffee in Eastern Africa: A Technical and Advisory Manual

This manual covers 5 pest and 5 disease constraints affecting coffee. These were identified and prioritized […]

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Nicaragua – Public Plant Health Services for All – Results and Lessons Learned 2005-2007

In early 2005, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Technological Development in Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry (FUNICA) began […]

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Morphological and molecular identification of Pythium species pathogenic to common beans in Uganda

This is a series of one-page information leaflets. It focuses on pathogenic common to beans in […]

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Milking crops for all their worth

Demand for milk and meat is increasing in South Asia, and this increases the demand for […]

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Managing viruses in vegetables

Smallholder farmers are the main producers of cabbage and kale – popular crops for the periurban […]

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Management of virus diseases of important vegetable crops in Kenya. Final Technical Report.

The overall aim of this project was to develop improved methods for the control of virus […]

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Insect visitors are made to feel unwelcome in banana crops – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Incrimination of vectors of Trypanosoma vivax in the new outbreak zone of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Final Technical Report, Project R7356.

The purpose of this project was to incriminate the vectors and improve our understanding of bovine […]

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Inception Workshop on Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Project in Africa and Southeast Asia

Session V of the Inception Workshop includes an introductory Overview and two other presentations, as follows: […]

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Inception Workshop on Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Project in Africa and Southeast Asia

Session IV of the Inception Workshop included 7 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – Research directed […]

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Inception Workshop on Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Project in Africa and Southeast Asia

Session III of the Inception Workshop includes 8 presentations as follows: Overview presentation – HPAI Risk […]

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Impacts of Avian Influenza on Poultry Production in Developing Countries

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype re-emerged in Southeast Asia in late […]

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How the Global Plant Clinic began

Tiraque is a small town in Bolivia, about two hours from Cochabamba on the road to […]

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HPAI control measures and household incomes in Vietnam

This PPLPI feature document summarises the control measures being considered for the poultry sector in Viet […]

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Groundnut Manual for Uganda: Recommended groundnut production practices for smallholder farmers in Uganda

Groundnut is the second most widely grown crop in Uganda and there has been substantial increase […]

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Giving seed-yams the credit they deserve – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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A low-cost haemoglobinometer as a decision support tool for bovine disease diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa

The developmental problem addressed in this project is the low productivity of livestock, particularly cattle, in […]

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Field studies of drug-resistant cattle trypanosomes in Kénédougou Province, Burkina Faso

Field studies were conducted to assess the occurrence of resistance to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate […]

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Farmer-led multiplication of rosette resistant groundnut varieties for Eastern Uganda

Groundnut is a key crop in Eastern Uganda, grown for food and income. However, production has […]

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Extending the control of cassava mosaic disease and cassava whiteflies in East Africa

This is a report from a project that addressed the need to disseminate knowledge on how […]

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Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) Technical Handbook

This handbook on epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), aims to provide scientists and fish health workers with […]

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Epidemiology and variability of Gibberella xylarioides, the coffee wilt pathogen. R8188 (ZA0505)

Coffee wilt disease (CWD), caused by Gibberella xylarioides (Fusarium xylarioides) causes major damage to Coffea canephora […]

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Economics of Avian Flu Policy

This briefing looks at the economic aspects of avian influenza and its control. An economic framework […]

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Current Knowledge of Coffee Wilt Disease, a Major Constraint to Coffee Production in Africa

Coffee is vital to the economy of East and Central Africa, providing a major source of […]

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Control of Phytophthora megakarya diseases of cocoa with phosphonic acid

This project was directly concerned with the development and evaluation of an operator-safe fungicide and application […]

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Control of Bacterial Disease in Small Scale Fresh-Water Aquaculture

The work presented here represents an 18-month study to examine the relationship between environmental conditions, bacterial […]

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Comparison of disease progress curves for yam anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)

The incidence and severity of foliar anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, were recorded for seven fields […]

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Comparison of disease progress curves for yam anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)

The incidence and severity of foliar anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, were recorded for seven fields […]

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Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for International Development: Media Briefing

The CIDLID initiative is made up of 16 projects which will look at some of the […]

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Building on strengths towards sustainable management of sterility mosaic disease for enhanced pigeon pea production in the Indian Subcontinent

The purpose of this project was to promote sustainable strategies to alleviate pigeonpea losses due to […]

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Biological control of bacterial wilt of potato in Kenya and Pakistan

Previous research under Project R5310 developed a biological control agent (BCA) against bacterial wilt disease of […]

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Bean root rot disease management in Uganda

Project R8478 sought to underpin promotion of sustainable control of bean root rots through resistant varieties […]

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Bacterial diseases in frog hatcheries and evaluation of hazards associated with antibiotic usage

The objectives of this project were to understand the susceptibility of frogspawn and tadpoles to bacterial […]

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Analysis and modelling of the temporal spread of African cassava mosaic virus and implications for disease control

This paper reports the main conclusions of a series of experiments concluded at Adiopodoume in the […]

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An epidemiological approach to aquatic disease control: a study of the risk factors associated with outbreaks of White Spot disease in artisanal systems in Vietnam and India

This project adapted existing epidemiological techniques to the study of risk factors for White Spot Disease […]

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Alignment of poultry sector actors with avian influenza control

This presentation outlines work conducted to assess the level of compliance of poultry value chain actors […]

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A billion people stand to benefit from pigeonpeaproduction improvements. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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A farmer-friendly approach to preventing avian flu in Viet Nam

This case study describes a pilot quality assurance scheme for poultry products in Viet Nam which […]

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Maize farmers in East Africa have a new basket of options – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Local Knowledge of Plant Health in Bangladesh

The AAS (Agricultural Advisory Society) surveyed farmer knowledge of plant health problems on behalf of the […]

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Learning is made easy by new sweet potato guides and manuals – Validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Kenya Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction Project Multi-Stakeholder Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, 8-9 July 2008

This workshop was held to introduce the HPAI Risk Reduction project to the stakeholders; present and […]

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Knowledge and Practices of Indonesian Rural Communities and Poultry Farmers Toward Avian Flu

The knowledge and perceptions about and toward HPAI of poor Indonesian households are investigated by asking […]

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IPM for smallholder coffee farmers in Malawi

The objective of Project R7942 was to develop a management strategy for the priority pests and […]

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