Whats New Archive

Brigitte Nyambo spoke to Andrew Croft of African Farming of about various aspects of her work in Kenya. Dr Brigitte Nyambo, of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecloogy (ICIPE), leads a DFID-funded CPP project for small-scale horticulture producers which helps farmers who want to sell to the EU to meet ever increasing export standards. “As well as looking at the export market we are also talking about improving the quality of the vegetables and fruit that are sold on the local market.” Cutting crop losses can be viewed as a pdf (217 KB) and click R8297 to read about this project.

Packaging appropriate seeds and fertilisers in small, affordable quantities so they can be accessed by small-scale farmers in Kenya is one of the aims of the Farm Inputs Promotions (FIPS) project. To find out about the lessons learnt from this project, visit our Communications page where you can view the second of CPP’s lesson learning studies carried out earlier this year.

Coming soon …. Opportunities and constraints for future economic development of sustainable vegetable seed businesses in Eastern and Southern Africa. A CPP scoping study commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, the UK Department for International Development Crop Protection Programme, and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.

 New Communications Initiative

We need your help to create awareness of the benefits of natural resources research and development. As part of our project management service, NR International’s communications team works with project teams (past and present) to jointly promote the approaches and outcomes of the work. As someone currently or previously commissioned by the DFID Crop Protection Programme, managed by NR International, you know how important it is to promote the work that you do to create awareness of it.

We want to capture the imagination of a non-technical audience in order to, ultimately, raise awareness of the work we, and you, are involved in with poverty alleviation through natural resources management. What we have learnt from our research programme communications initiatives to date, is that it is important to promote natural resources work in less traditional formats, to have wider-reaching impact and to target different audiences. Therefore, we have a new proposal for 2005 – Did you know…? Read more »

New Publications

Registration for Biocontrol Agents in KenyaWe are pleased to announce that the long-awaited proceedings of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute/Pest control Products Board/Department for International Development Crop Protection Programme biopesticides workshop held in Nakuru, Kenya, last year are now published. The complete proceedings or selected sessions or annexes can be downloaded as PDF files. Click here to see details of the publication.

On-Farm IPM of Chickpea in NepalThese concise and easy to read bulletins (Information Bulletins No. 64– 66) cover three stages in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Chickpea in Nepal Project which is a sustainable development model implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) in collaboration with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council. Click here for details.

Agfax interviews

Wren Media’s Agfax – World radio for the environment – for November features interviews on two CPP projects.  Visit Communications to read more.

The CPP is pleased to announce that Dr P Lava Kumar, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India, has been selected winner of the CGIAR (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) Promising Young Scientist Award for 2004. Click on Communications to read more ....

CPP hopes the current problem with incorrect attribution for Project Leader in some project profiles (see Current projects tab) will be resolved quickly. We apologise for any inconvenience or confusion that may have been caused.

To read more about the Positive Developments exhibition held at DFIDs London offices from 20–24th September go to our Communications page or to DFID News.

Our server had a major problem during the week beginning 30^th August. If you are concerned that your proposal may have been amongst those that were lost, please contact Jarrod Lovett j.lovett@nrint.co.uk

Update on armyworm success story

Exciting news from the CPP-funded armyworm project in Tanzania with confirmation that the research is directly influencing Government of Tanzania policy. We are incredibly delighted with this progress and are very keen for the good news to be shared! Click here