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MaDiPHS-annual meeting 2025: NIBIO’s Director of Research says combating pests and diseases is vital for food security in Malawi and beyond.

NIBIO’s Director of research Per Stålnacke says combating pests and diseases in crops is vital for food security, as 40-50% of crops are lost globally. If we can decrease losses, it will have positive impact on food production. That means the project Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) is very important both to Malawi, but […]

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Harnessing the potential of data

The FAIR Process Framework is a resource created by CABI  for mainstreaming responsible data sharing and managing practices across investments. It is being implemented in the Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) project in Malawi to promote responsible and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data sharing across work packages and partners. In the MaDiPHS project, partners

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Identifying infected plants through E-learning

Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and smartphones are being used in Malawi national-level plant health project to track pests, climate change stressors, and provide advice to farmers. Modern advanced technology has various uses in many sectors, including agriculture. Plant health is one of the areas in agriculture that is utilising technology such as AI

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Importance of FAIR data highlighted in workshop as part of plans for digital plant health service in Malawi

CABI has highlighted the importance of adopting the principles of FAIR data in a workshop held to help establish a digital plant health service in Malawi that will ultimately ensure greater food security and benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers. Photo by CABI. Read more at CABI.org

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