Enhancing Pest and Disease Management Skills for Farmers and Extension Agents in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia

Kemal, Seid Ahmed; Kumari, Safaa; Boulamtat, Rachid; Moukahel, Abdulrahman; Kassaw, Admasie; Choueiri, Elia; Bencheqroun, Sanae Krimi; Elwazziki, Hanane; Boughlala, Mohamed; Kharrat, Mohamed; Najar, Asma; Abbes, Zouhaier

Enhancing Pest and Disease Management Skills for Farmers and Extension Agents in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia

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2024-11-20

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2024-11-20

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Authors

Kemal, Seid Ahmed

Kumari, Safaa

Boulamtat, Rachid

Moukahel, Abdulrahman

Kassaw, Admasie

Choueiri, Elia

Bencheqroun, Sanae Krimi

Citation

Seid Ahmed Kemal, Safaa Kumari, Rachid Boulamtat, Abdulrahman Moukahel, Admasie Kassaw, Elia Choueiri, Sanae Krimi Bencheqroun, Hanane Elwazziki, Mohamed Boughlala, Mohamed Kharrat, Asma Najar and Zouhaier Abbes. 2024. Enhancing Pest and Disease Management Skills for Farmers and Extension Agents in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Beirut, Lebanon. (Internal Report).

Abstract

During the 2023/2024 cropping season, training and field days was given to farmers, development agents and Office of agriculture experts in four countries (Ethiopia, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia) to improve their knowledge and skill gaps on managing new and emerging pests and diseases before and after planting crops. A total of 159 farmers (22% female) and experts were trained in the four countries. In addition, six field days were organized in the above four countries and around 200 farmers and development agents participated in the events. In Lebanon, training was given on management of fall armyworm on summer planted maize at Qob Elias of the PHI-IP site. In Ethiopia, Tunisia and Morocco, the training and field days focused on management of viruses, aphids, and parasitic weeds on faba bean.