CABI

Plantwise

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Description

Plantwise is a global programme led by CABI, which works to help farmers lose less of what they grow to plant health problems. Working closely with national agricultural advisory services we establish and support sustainable networks of plant clinics, run by trained plant doctors, where farmers can find practical plant health advice. Plant clinics work similarly to clinics for human health: farmers visit with samples of their crops, and plant doctors diagnose the problem and make science-based recommendations on ways to manage it. Plant clinics are reinforced by the Plantwise Knowledge Bank, a gateway to practical online and offline plant health information, including diagnostic resources, best-practice pest management advice and plant clinic data analysis for targeted crop protection. Together, these two unique resources are part of the Plantwise approach to strengthen national plant health systems from within. The stronger the national plant health system, the better equipped the country will be to help farmers provide a safe and sustainable food supply and improve their livelihoods. As well as helping farmers, Plantwise is strengthening national plant health systems from within by bringing the many different people who play a role in delivering knowledge to farmers together. These include extensionists, researchers, educators, policy makers, agricultural input suppliers, farmer organizations, NGOs and more. This is what we call plant health systems development, and it supports a country's long-term sustainable agricultural production. We help stakeholders to build the knowledge, skills and long term linkages to provide farmers with the knowledge they need to lose less and feed more. We also listen to and learn from these stakeholders though a continual process of monitoring and evaluation, feeding the insights they give us back into our programme.

Other

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is carried out at a number of different levels across Plantwise: local, national and at programme level. At a local level, M&E focuses more closely on plant clinic operations so that the organisations running the clinics can improve their performance in terms of quality of advice, geographic coverage, farmer satisfaction etc. At a national level, questions of interest to government policy are more relevant, for example how plant clinics contribute to delivering national objectives of supporting agriculture and managing pests, and the implications, including cost of government ownership of clinics and capacity development. At the programme level, CABI is interested in how the programme itself is performing and in learning lessons that will inform decisions about the interventions. This might include decisions on consolidation and scaling up in participating countries. The programme also aims to understand how country context influences implementation of the Plantwise approach. Monitoring and evaluation outputs include information on best practices, lessons learned, successes and challenges. This facilitates adjustments in response to emerging insights into needs, relative effectiveness of programme activities etc. Additional research into plant health systems, such as short studies and large-scale impact assessments are being used to further develop specific intervention approaches. Note that the Planned End Date relates to the current strategy cycle of the programme. The date will be updated at the end of the current cycle to reflect the new strategy cycle and date.

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Developing countries, unspecified, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia

Disclaimer: Country borders do not necessarily reflect the UK Government's official position.