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The Royal Show, 29 June to 2 July

The Royal Show attracts an audience of around 150,000, which includes thousands of international visitors from more than 100 countries. More ministerial visitors, diplomats and international buyers visit the Royal Show than attend any other international agricultural exhibition in Europe, if not the world. Around 100 companies have been selected for their excellence and innovation, to feature in the showcase Global Partnerships Pavilion. This initiative has been launched by the British Government, particularly with the view to assisting developing countries to create a sustainable future. NR International, which manages the Crop Protection Programme and four other DFID research programmes, is very pleased to have been selected and we welcome you to visit us at the show.

Please join us at Stand 5 in the Global Partnerships Pavilion, between Sunday 29th June and Wednesday 2nd July. For further information about The Royal Show, click here www.royalshow.org.uk.

Forthcoming KARI-CPP workshop on Legislation of Biopesticides in Kenya, 14–16 May 2003, Kenya

Over the last 40 years, Kenya has seen a gradual development in the use of biopesticides. However, these developments have not been accompanied by the legislative structure to ensure sustainable development of the biopesticides industry in Kenya in the future. In recognising this legislative void, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) in collaboration with the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) and the Department for International Development (DFID) is hosting this workshop on Registration of Biopesticides in Kenya, being held at Lake Nakuru Lodge. The main expected product will be a draft document, which can be finalized for legislation. This three-day workshop will help us come up with the major issues that will form the basis of the document.

Outcomes of the workshop will be available from the Publications page in the CPP outputs section

This colourful brochure, A united effort against a global pest – helping poor farmers reduce crop losses and grow more food in a sustainable way, describes in simple terms the increasingly important whitefly problem in Africa, Asia and tropical America, based on the work of five DFID-funded CPP projects. Produced by Francisco Morales and Sylvia Cadena of Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, in Cali, Colombia (a CGIAR centre), it is richly illustrated with a wealth of photographs.

DFID has supported research on whiteflies and whitefly-transmitted diseases in Africa and South Asia through the Crop Protection Programme and the knowledge generated from individual projects is providing positive and sustainable outcomes for poor peoples’ livelihoods in these regions. DFID is now helping to create a global research framework through the Tropical Whitefly Initiative with other donors to extend research activities – and hence impact – to Central and Latin America.

Click here to view details and to download a PDF file. For more information about whiteflies as pests and vectors of plant viruses in the tropics visit the Websites page to access the tropical whitefly IPM project site.

Enhancing impact  – a new publication from the CPP

Enhancing impact originates from a CPP review of current initiatives that promote crop protection research outputs – both knowledge and products – to African farmers. The report draws on examples from Bolivia, India and Africa, in order to demonstrate progress CPP has made in enhancing the impact of its best research findings in the most suitable and sustainable way. It also includes experience from other development agencies and programmes, including efforts to link in with processors and suppliers, and a critical look at the farmer field school approach. Click here to see details –  and you can download a pdf file.

New strategies used by locust control agencies

A CPP-funded project (R7818) is developing strategies for the environmentally sustainable control of red locust in southern Africa. Results are being used by regional (IRLCO-CSA) and national organisations in their attempts to combat this invasive pest in environmentally sensitive areas. Specifically, FAO has agreed to provide funding for the purchase of spores and for spraying 2000–3000 hectares in Iku-Katavi (a key conservation area), in Tanzania, in January to March 2003.

IRLCO-CSA	International Red Locust Control Organisation for Central and Southern Africa)
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations