IPM CRSP/IAPPS ESA Vegetable & Fruit IPM Symposium

 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting Symposium – Jointly Organized by IPM CRSP and IAPPS Venue: Knoxville, Tennessee Dates: November 11 – 14, 2012 The IPM CRSP and International Association for Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS) will be organizing a symposium entitled “IPM for Horticultural Crops in the Tropical World” in the Plant-Insect Ecosystems (P-IE) Section [...]

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ICTs could fill agricultural extension gap, says meeting

http://www.scidev.net/en/ Wednesday, 4 January 2012 ICTs could fill agricultural extension gap, says meeting Maina Waruru  21 December 2011 | EN ICTs could fill some, but not all, extension worker gapsCTA [NAIROBI] A severe lack of extension workers in Sub-Saharan Africa could be partially filled by new information and communication technology (ICT) tools, a conference on [...]

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Feed the Future Initiative

Fact Sheet The Norman Borlaug Commemorative Research Initiative: Leveraging U.S. Research to Reduce Hunger and Poverty Investing in agricultural research today contributes to the growth and resilience of the food supply tomorrow. When combined with other agricultural investments, improved technologies and practices can meet the need to feed an ever growing global population with less [...]

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