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CRARF
Project:
Community-
Based Armyworm Forecasting (CBAF)
Project Manager :
Centre
for Applied
Biosciences International
Contact:
Dr. Roger
Day +254 20 7224450 R.Day@cabi.org
Project Partners
1.Plant Protection
Research Institute, Zimbabwe;
2.Bvumbwe
Agricultural Research Station, Malawi;
3.Ministry
of
Agriculture, Plant Health Services, Tanzania;
4.Agricultural
Research Council : Public Support Services (ARC:PSS) Plant Protection
Research
Institute RSA;
5.University of Greenwich, UK;
Grant Amount : € 955,000
Project Start Date:1 July
2007
Overall objectives
- Improved food availability
and security
through increased productivity and profitability of cereal production
by small
scale farmers.
- National and regional
systems of innovation
driving agricultural development
Specific objective
Community based
armyworm forecasting for reduced cereal losses established in Malawi, Tanzania
and Zimbabwe.
Expected
results
- Community based armyworm
forecasting
successfully piloted in MalawiZimbabwe and lessons learned.
- Community based armyworm
forecasting scaled
up and out in Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
- Methodology refined and
benefits documented
- Capacity for
innovative regional migrant pest research built
Activities
- Baseline socioeconomic survey
- Forecaster training workshop
- Training of trainers,
including Private
sector/NGO training
- Season-long forecasting
- Master trainers implement
CBAF
- Mid-season monitoring;
end-of-season
evaluation
- Preparation of policy briefs
and publicity
materials
- National policy makers’
seminar
- Economic analysis of large
scale CBAF
implementation
- Project management training;
Training in
participatory methods; Outcome mapping
- Exchange visits
- Annual learning and planning
workshops
- Develop and implement a
communication and
knowledge management strategy
Reports &
Publications
Project Website:
http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=4651
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Southern African Development
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