{"id":3030848,"date":"2023-12-12T06:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T06:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/?page_id=3030848"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:44:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h2>\n\t\t\tKnowledge for life\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>PlantwisePlus is a global programme led by CABI that empowers smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and improve food security and safety, while reducing biodiversity loss through <strong>sustainable crop production practices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to reach 75 million smallholder farmers in low- and lower-middle-income countries, providing them with the knowledge and skills they need to improve their production and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The programme also supports governments to <strong>predict<\/strong>, <strong>prevent<\/strong>, and <strong>prepare<\/strong> for plant health threats in a changing climate, supporting coordinated systems that enable smallholder farmers to reduce crop losses and produce more and safer food.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOverview\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pest-preparedness\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPest Preparedness\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/pesticide-risk-reduction\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPesticide Risk Reduction\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/plantwiseplus\/about\/farmer-advisory\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFarmer Advisory\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>Delivered through gender-sensitive and climate-resilient approaches, PlantwisePlus is tackling the challenges facing smallholder production through three impact pathways<strong>: Pest Preparedness<\/strong>, <strong>Pesticide Risk Reduction<\/strong>, and <strong>Farmer Advisory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n  <iframe \n    title=\"YouTube Video\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_dvXgTy4Ww?si=GqNOJwgZ5UcCGW4y\"\n    allow=\"accelerometer; 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Our donors enable us to provide support to countries and farmers so they can reduce crop losses and meet the increasing demand for safer, higher-quality food.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/topics\/development\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-netherlands-1@1x.jpg\" alt=\"ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-netherlands-1@1x\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-the-netherlands-1@1x\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/index_en\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Europex-300x300-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Europex-300x300-1\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Europex-300x300-1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/foreign-commonwealth-development-office\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FCDO.jpg\" alt=\"FCDO\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"FCDO\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eda.admin.ch\/sdc\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swiss@2x-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Swiss@2x-300x300-1\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"Swiss@2x-300x300-1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge for life PlantwisePlus is a global programme led by CABI that empowers smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and improve food security and safety, while reducing biodiversity loss through sustainable crop production practices. 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