A global programme to support sustainable

and functional plant health systems

What is Plantwise?
Plantwise is a global programme, led by CABI,
to increase food security and improve rural
livelihoods by reducing crop losses
Plant clinics

● SET UP in local meeting places

● e.g. at markets, village squares
and near human health clinics

● PROVIDE diagnosis and treatment advice

● for any crop and any problem

● COLLECT data about farmers and crops

● e.g. outbreaks of fall armyworm,
maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND)
or tomato leafminer (tuta absoluta)
Knowledge Bank

● an open access internet resource

● covering 2,500 crop pests in 80 languages
● over 12,500 factsheets to provide practical
information on pest management
● thousands of images to assist with diagnoses
● interactive maps showing pest distribution
● pest alerts to inform of new pest outbreaks
● plant health news from online sources
● available offline and via apps

www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank
Partners

Plantwise strengthens national plant health

systems by linking stakeholders, such as:
● national/local governments
● extension services
● diagnostic services
● research institutions
● agro-input suppliers
● farmers and community-based organisations
● universities/colleges
● NGOs
Process

Farmer visits Plant doctor consults Knowledge Bank shares

plant clinic Knowledge Bank data with partners

Plant doctor provides Knowledge Bank Partners issue

management advice helps diagnosis pest alerts & best
practice guides
Countries

The Americas Africa Asia

Barbados Jamaica Burkina Faso Mozambique Afghanistan Nepal
Bolivia Nicaragua DR Congo Rwanda Bangladesh Pakistan
Brazil Peru Ethiopia Sierra Leone Cambodia Sri Lanka
Costa Rica Trinidad & Ghana Tanzania China Thailand
Grenada Tobago Kenya Uganda India Vietnam
Honduras Malawi Zambia Myanmar
Scale

2,300 plant clinics 6,800 plant 9.8 million

established doctors trained farmers reached
2,292 6,787 9.8m
1,859
4,988
1,412 4.5m
3,591

720 2,077 2m
1,335
413 900 600k
181 280k
90k

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Impact

79% of farmers reported 70% of farmers reported

yield increases after their income increased
visiting a plant clinic after visiting a plant clinic

Over half of plant clinic 25% of Plantwise

prescriptions recommend plant doctors
non-chemical inputs worldwide are female

All Plantwise countries Plantwise has linked

contribute funds and/or with 70 private sector
staff time towards activities organisations
Awards

Winner Winner Winner Winner

NEF Innovation Open Data Award for OECD DAC Bond Innovation
Award 2013 Social Impact 2014 Prize 2015 Award 2017

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Shortlisted Shortlisted Winner

The Queen’s Award Olam Prize for Innovation St Andrews Prize for
for Enterprise 2014 in Food Security 2015 the Environment 2017
Ambition

● By 2020, Plantwise aims to reach:

● 30 million famers
● in 40 countries

● Our goal is to be sustainable, with countries taking

ownership of the programme themselves:
● training plant doctors
● running plant clinics
● using pest data for surveillance
 Thank you

We wish to acknowledge the support of our donors,

as well as our national and international partners,
who make Plantwise possible

Ministry of Agriculture,
People’s Republic of China