CropLife Ghana in collabration with CABI organized one(1) day training for Agronomists, Sales and Marketing Representatives on Pest Diagnosis and Management on 18th March, 2025 at Noda Hotel, Fumesu in the Ashanti Region and on 20th March, 2025 at Modern City Hotel, Tamale in the Northern Region.
The whole of module training takes the trainees from describing symptoms to learning about the causes of symptoms and then onto how to ascribe those symptoms to various causes.
The training equipped the trainees with hands on using existing calendar program to offer improvement, the digital and physical tools that give diagnostic support in the field. At he end of the training, participants were able to diagnose pests and diseases at individual level and group level, which enables them to choose the best management option for farmers.
Some topics treated are as follows;
• 1. Major group of pests
• 2. Diagnostic Process
• 3. Table of confusion
• 4. Fertilizer Materials and Nutrient Deficiency
• 5. Mode of Action and Resistance Management
• 6. Germination and viability tests for seed rate determination
7. Field Diagnostic
The training was facilitator by Mrs. Hannah Serwaa Nuamah and Mr. Patrick Beseh from the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Division of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (PPRSD-MOFA), Accra and Madam Birgitta Oppong- Mensah of CABI
Noda Hotel And Modern City Hotel Training Pictures Below;
