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Even the most dynamic lecture or PowerPoint presentation can sometimes fail to inspire participants, which is why training experts from the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service (DAAS) have devised an Integrated Pest Management card game to support IPM training programmes.
Students from as far afield as China, Argentina and Uganda are among the candidates selected for ENDURE’s third PhD Summer School, which will be tackling ‘New and emerging agricultural pests, diseases and weeds’ in Volterra, Italy, this October.
Modelling experts from ENDURE’s research team studying the exploitation of plant genetic resistance have recently produced a leaflet explaining how to use three models employed by researchers at ENDURE partners Aarhus University (AU), INRA (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) and Wageningen University (WUR).
You can now read about ENDURE’s Information Centre - the central point of reference for extending expert knowledge, recommendations and advice for extension services, advisers and researchers concerning all aspects of Integrated Pest Management - in a range of European languages.
The third and final guide from ENDURE’s maize case study team has now been published, offering advisers and extension services useful information about preventing ear rots caused by Fusarium species and mycotoxin contamination.
There are many paradoxes when it comes to fruit, and apples and pears in particular. On the one hand, we know eating fruit is good for us, but on the other, growing that perfect-looking fruit is likely to have relied on numerous chemical treatments, even though more-or-less viable non-chemical alternatives may exist.
An interesting insight into the work of ENDURE’s research teams addressing multicriteria assessment of crop protection methods and cropping systems and the Orchard System Case Study will be presented at July’s International Farming Systems Association Symposium in Vienna, Austria.
ENDURE produces a series of Deliverables to chart progress in its various activities. These reports cover the complete range of the Network’s work packages and are now available through this website.
Imagine you are a farmer and are told you are using more pesticide than necessary to control a pest. Would this advice be enough to change your approach? Maybe not. But what if an adviser could show you, clearly and scientifically, exactly what dose needs to be applied to achieve an acceptable level of control while saving you money on your pesticide bill?
One of ENDURE’s two Italian partners, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (SSSUP), is about to launch the seventh year of its International Doctoral Programme in Agrobiodiversity, which includes six scholarships to motivated students from any country, including a minimum of four scholarships granted to students from developing countries.
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