Webinar Resources: Sustainable Strategies to Enhance Sweet Potato Yields and Minimize Losses to Pest and Diseases in the Caribbean

Webinar Resources: Sustainable Strategies to Enhance Sweet Potato Yields and Minimize Losses to Pest and Diseases in the Caribbean

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The webinar titled “Sustainable Strategies to Enhance Sweet Potato Yields and Minimize Losses to Pest and Diseases in the Caribbean” was held from October 25th to 27th 2021. The objectives of the Webinar were to:

  1. Build partnerships between CABI’s Member Countries, academia, research institutions and the private sector to enhance yields and reduce losses of Sweet Potato production, a priority crop in the Caribbean.
  2. Promote Greener Value Chains for Sweet Potato Production that is resilient to Climate Change in the Caribbean.
  3. Share information and experiences among extension, research and farmers to increase yields and reduce crop losses in Sweet Potato production in the Caribbean.
  4. Utilize the information from this virtual event to develop a PRISE proposal for donor funding.

View the agenda and information on the speakers:


Presentations from the webinar:

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Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
Supporting Training Documents

Status of Pest and Disease Management of Sweet Potato in the Caribbean – Dionne Clarke-Harris, Entomologist, CARDI Jamaica

Biological Control of Sweet Potato Weevils: Current Status and Perspectives in the Caribbean – Dr. Eduardo Hidalgo (CABI)

Eco-friendly solutions for Pest and Disease Management in Sweet Potato – Professor Duraisamy Saravanakumar, Professor of Plant Pathology & Head, Department of Food Production Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies

Leaf Feeders Stem Borers affecting Sweet Potato in the Region – Mr. Jhaman Kundun, CARDI