Benefits of being a CONNECTED Network member
29th June 2023
We caught up with Dr Benard Mukoye, Chief Inspector at the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), to ask how being a CONNECTED Network member helps him in his career. Benard has been a CONNECTED Network member since 2018. In June 2019 he…
Getting the most out of your CONNECTED Network membership
29th June 2023
CONNECTED has over 1600 members in 94 countries. The Network is a unique multidisciplinary resource of researchers, plant health professionals and stakeholders interested in entomology, plant pathology and vector-borne plant disease. We have a searchable Membership Directory that can be used to reach…
A sustainable future for the CONNECTED Network
29th June 2023
CONNECTED was established with UK government Global Challenges Research Funding to build a sustainable network of multi-disciplinary international researchers tackling the problems caused by vector-borne plant viral diseases. Currently the network has over 1600 members in 94 countries. It has created a unique…
Delivering training for National Agricultural Research Systems
29th June 2023
At the recent vector and virus diagnostics (VVD) training event at Biosciences for Africa (B4A)-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, we asked Dr Cathrine Ziyomo, their Business Development Specialist, about the value of working with CONNECTED to jointly deliver training opportunities. Cathrine explained the important role…
Expression of Interest to attend Launch Conference & ECR Training Workshop
22nd March 2018
The CONNECTED Africa Launch Conference will be held in Kampala on 7th – 9th May 2018 The conference will run over three days, with one day on site at the NaCRRI Research Institute in Namulonge. ECR Training Workshop: Kampala on 10th – 11th May 2018 Immediately following…
New team members
17th November 2017
We’re delighted to welcome two new members to the CONNECTED team. Dr Nina Ockendon-Powell joins us as Network Manager, sharing the role with Dr Diane Hird. Richard Wyatt is our new Communications Officer. Nina has a PhD in comparative transcriptomics, and brings recent…
Review of cassava brown streak disease
7th November 2017
A new review of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) has just been published – ‘Cassava brown streak disease: historical timeline, current knowledge and future prospects’ by Tomlinson et al. Cassava is the second most important staple food crop in Africa, however crop productivity…