IFPRI and Farm Radio International collaborate to give a voice to the most vulnerable farmers by advancing AI tools for African languages Introducing Longa, an AI-powered speech recognition tool designed to strengthen agricultural communication and inclusivity across sub-Saharan Africa.

Longa is among the first speech recognition systems for Luganda (Uganda) and Bambara (Mali) languages.

🔗 on.cgiar.org/4aAvkyx

@cgiar.org #AI #agriculture #research #development #AgExtension #Africa

Photo credit: Farm Radio Int.

🔆 Deeply understanding the challenges farmers and ranchers face, and how they arise in different contexts, and

🔆 Working together to identify, test, and implement innovative and practical solutions.

Thanks CAREE for a great conference!

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3) The FSC team also led a roundtable on the barriers to building on-farm resilience, highlighting two key requirements for overcoming them...

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Last week, FCS was at the first Canadian Agri-food, Rural Advisory, Extension and Education Conference!

1) FCS President, Brent Preston, joined CFA President Keith Currie and Senator Rob Black for the closing panel on the future of extension + advisory services.

#AgExtension #CdnAg

Ag communication is shifting—from top-down messaging to co-designed, place-based strategies that centre producers. Our latest blog explores what’s changing and why it matters.

🔗 www.coretext.com.au/post/shiftin... #AgComms #RDCs #DigitalInclusion #ProducerEngagement #AgExtension

On today’s episode of The Extensionists, Diljeet Brar shares how relationship building is important when it comes to agricultural extension #cdnag #agextension www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE2N...

Let's welcome @watermelondoctor.bsky.social to these blue skies!

She's a #scientist and #activist working to better the world. Studying #Colletotrichum, she's an #AgResearcher specializing in #AgExtension and #SciComm!

#PlantPathology #WomenInSTEM #AgSci

Figure 2 from the IPMWORKS report Assessing the Efficacy and Economics of an Integrated Pest Management Program: A demonstration of Companion Cropping with Winter Oilseed Rape. Showing the field trial lay out at the IPMWORKS Hub host farm.

H2020 IPMWORKS Spotlight 🔦
Demonstrating #IPM companion cropping in #WOSR [Scottish Hub JHI]: The companion cropping helped WOSR establishment without pre-em herbicides and fert at drilling, with added pest and weed control benefits.
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Details here:
ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#...

IPM Guidance for UK Growers IPM crop specific guides: IPM specific guidance for Oilseed Rape in the UK IPM specific guidance for Pulses grown in the UK IPM specific guidance for Potatoes in the UK IPM specific guidance for Sugar...

Here is a list of IPM Guidance for UK Growers on FarmPep
linking to full content on H2020 IPMWorks toolbox. The guides were produced by ADAS with SRUC TheAHDB NFU and others during development of the IPM Tool
farmpep.net/resource/ipm...
#agextension #IPM #farming

IPMDecisionsPlatform

IPM Decisions Platform www.platform.ipmdecisions.net
provides free access to decision support systems for integrated pest management.
We can integrate models forecasting pest risks developed anywhere in the world. Contact me for more details, or register and have a look! #science #agextension

A very handy guide from UC ANR for managing #soil fertility in #organic cropping systems. Includes important factors like cover cropping, soil amendment timing, and estimating nutrient demand. #cropguides #agextension

Hello everyone! I'm happy to share that there is now a dedicated feed for the sharing of agricultural knowledge through agricultural research and extension publications. Please use the tags: #agextension, #ageducation, #cropguides, #farmguides, #agoutreach