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Don't miss part 3 of my interview with Matthew Back 🇺🇦 and Dr Katarzyna Dybal talking potato cyst nematode: sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e21-t… North Central IPM Center Crop Protection Network British Society for Plant Pathology European Society of Nematologists The American Phytopathological Society Society of Nematologists UC Davis Entomology and Nematology NemAfrica Billy Crow YNN ~ Young Nematologists Network UF crop nematology NEM-EMERGE

Prof. NemaChap addressed the challenge of Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN) at the 13th African Potato Association Conference, with Miriam Kungu demonstrating the pest’s morphology. Together, they highlighted the importance of PCN diagnostics in sustainable nematode management.

On 27th March, NemAfrica had the honour of hosting a delegation from Sweden, including the Vice President for Internationalization and the Strategist of Mälardalens universitet The visit aimed to showcase our research and innovations in nematology, and future collaborations. #NemAfrica

We were pleased to host Prof. Damir Isovic, Vice President for Internationalization, & Dr Barni Nor, Strategist, from Mälardalens universitet, Sweden, at icipe's Duduville campus. They were warmly welcomed by our DG, Dr Abdou Tenkouano, along with members of icipe team and interacted

NemAfrica joins KALRO & AATF Africa in the Agribiotech in Schools program across Nyandarua & Nakuru Counties! We're engaging students in hands-on learning along the potato value chain 🥔,inspiring youth in agriculture. Part of CGIAR Food Frontiers & Security initiative

From May 19–23, I joined the IITA Board in Uganda to chart bold steps for advancing agriculture research in Africa. We reviewed strategy, visited our Sendusu station, and engaged key partners. We toured cutting-edge banana and cassava field trials, including our banana breeding

Happy #InternationalDayofthePotato At #NemAfrica, we’re committed to protecting potatoes through nematology research—fighting Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN) and training farmers for sustainable, resilient harvests. More: scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&… #PCN #PotatoResearch #FoodSecurity

Visited TEXFAD in Uganda to explore a partnership on banana fibre innovations 🍌Great work by the team—impressive range of products (slide 2&3) Excited about future collaboration, including using waste for banana fibre paper! NemAfrica BioInnovate Africa icipe IITA CGIAR

Day 1 of PCN Diagnostics Training Our team is currently in Zimbabwe building capacity on PCN diagnostics & processing for officials from the Plant Quarantine Services Institute, Plant Protection Research Institute, and Seed Services Institute under the STDF project. Food and Agriculture Organization

Days 2 & 3 of #PCN Diagnostics Training Participants are getting hands-on with the Fenwick can method, steadily building confidence in cyst extraction. They've also begun using microscopes to differentiate cysts from spores, debris, and seeds—a key diagnostic skill in #Nematology

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The teacher induction workshop by #NemAfrica, KALRO & World Food Prize Foundation is underway !🎓🌍 Teachers from our Partner Schools are being trained to support students preparing for the upcoming World Food Prize Foundation conference. 🌱💡 #FoodSecurity icipe IITA CGIAR

The induction workshop concluded with a tour of the NemAfrica lab, where teachers got a firsthand look at the research and innovations driving the lab’s work — an experience that left them inspired to pass this knowledge on to their students. icipe IITA CGIAR

I am happy to have been part of this informative workshop that will help shape the future of our students and change their mindset towards agriculture .

Don’t Forget! Our work on nematode management is featured in icipe ‘s 2024 Annual Report-a year of transition and impactful science. Grateful to be part of the journey! Click 👉: thehive.icipe.org/annual-reports… #nematodes BioInnovate Africa IITA NemaChap Solveig Haukeland

We attended the National Variety Release Committee (NVRC) meeting at KEPHIS ,supporting the registration of 2 high-yielding potato lines with PCN resistance. After years of research, we’re proud to contribute to this milestone in nematode-smart farming. IITA icipe

NemAfrica is represented by Dr. Harun M. Murithi & Janet Odera of Soybean Pathology Research in Africa(SoPRA) at the Soybean Rust Stakeholder Workshop in Bungoma. Hosted by IITA , KALRO & Food and Agriculture Organization, it unites key actors to tackle soybean rust in Kenya’s top-growing zones. #SoybeanRust #AgricultureKE

Prof. NemaChap has been in Ethiopia, sampling potato fields with the local team to assess for Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN). NemAfrica is set to conduct a PCN diagnostics training as part of the STDF project! icipe Food and Agriculture Organization IITA NemaChap Solveig Haukeland Harun M. Murithi