Fighting lethal yellowing disease for coconut farmers : project story
Abstract
A new technology (using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP) to detect the disease early and fast in the field was transferred to the National Centre of Agronomic Research and the University Nangui Abrogoua in Côte d'Ivoire. The research team demonstrated that field schools, plant clinics, Women Coconut Fairs and Women Groups are the most effective tools to raise disease awareness among farmers, stakeholders and policymakers; to manage and control Côte d'Ivoire lethal yellowing (CILY) disease; and to improve the livelihoods of coconut smallholder farmers, particularly women.
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Keywords
COCONUT LETHAL YELLOWING DISEASE, COCONUTS, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, CASSAVA, PLANT DISEASES, COTE D’IVOIRE, SOUTH OF SAHARA