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…
Research outputs – a few highlights
7th June 2023
We have gathered together a few highlights from the project outputs in a new web page, covering a range of plant viruses and crops. Take a look!
Get started with Vector and Virus Diagnostics – join our webinar!
19th May 2023
In these short webinars, we will introduce you to the online Vector and Virus Diagnostics resources and the Train-the-Trainer materials
Launching… Vector and Virus Diagnostics online resources!
27th April 2023
NEW – online resources for all CONNECTED members! If you want to improve your expertise on all aspects of vector and virus diagnostics, login and take yourself through our self-led course. A disease is devastating your field of crops, but how do you…
Plant virus impacts in a changing climate
22nd March 2023
Last month we ran a stakeholder consultation workshop for mapping weather and climate services and digital information and tools for crop pest and disease management in Kenya
10th Webinar: Virus diagnostics, HTS & library preparation
21st February 2023
The next CONNECTED webinar will be on Thursday 16th March 2023
10.30am to 12.00pm GMT (Please check time zone differences)
Vector and Virus Diagnostics training in Kenya
20th February 2023
As part of a joint programme co-delivered by Biosciences for Africa at the B4A-ILRI Hub, the CONNECTED Network has trained 21 plant scientists from 11 countries in ‘Vector and Virus Diagnostics’.