Malawi: Soybean farmers struggle to manage pests and diseases
It’s a hot Saturday morning with a clear blue sky, though the heat indicates that rain will soon start falling. […]
Ghana: Rice farmers fail to control weeds due to influx of fake and substandard herbicides
The weather is windy and the sky is partly cloudy, with signs of an early morning rain. Wearing his Wellington […]
A friend in need is a friend indeed: Keeping your groundnuts free from aflatoxin contamination
This edition’s Script of the Week is a four-part drama that, like this edition’s story from Togo, focuses on best […]
Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato
The first rains signal the beginning of another planting season. Wearing a brown wrapper and yellow blouse, Mary Bwakat is […]
Reviving banana production to boost incomes in western Kenya
Bananas are one of the most important crops in East and Central Africa, both as a staple food and as […]
Malawi: Disease forces farmers to uproot banana plants
To Agnes Dzenje, banana is more than just a fruit. It has been supporting her since childhood. But things have […]
Uganda: Rising temperatures increase pest and disease problems for coffee farmers (IPS)
Coffee has been part of Abudu Zikusoka’s life for as long as he can remember. As a child in the […]
Plantwise Knowledge Bank
This week’s Farmer stories and Spotlight discuss pests and diseases that are affecting staple crops such as maize and cash crops like […]
Rwanda: Farmers in need get free disease-resistant cassava (The New Times)
Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in […]
Preventing and managing cassava diseases
This week, we feature two stories about disease-resistant varieties of cassava. Researchers are developing cassava varieties that produce higher yields, […]