Building capacities for use of Loop-mediated isothermal amplication 4 cassava & sweetpotato virus diagnosis within a regulatory framework. Ongoing training for the Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute's staff. Gloria Ceasar M. James Legg International Potato Center RootsTubersBananas Breeding IITA

Early trainings in LAMP tool have focused on harmonizing the testing procedures between the two crops with valuable assistance from Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Africa. 👉🏽 bit.ly/LAMP-testing 🔸 IITA 🔸 KALRO

Hon Prof Adolf Mkenda, Minister @tzagriculture also toured our research facilities including our soil, plant pathology, molecular and food science laboratories. He requested for a longer visit to get more details of our research work & how to scale results to reach more #farmers.

The Open Doors Fellowship Program for women in African research centres is now open ku.ac.ke/index.php/ku/i…

🌿🌍 LAMP Diagnostics 🌍🌱 #IITA #Tanzania researchers, Gloria Ceasar & Veneranda Ngazi are training TOSCI & TARI colleagues in LAMP virus diagnostics for #cassava & #sweetpotato. Training plus 3 new Genie III LAMP machines will help TOSCI decentralise certification testing

🧬🌍 We Are PASHA 🌍🔬 A colourful mix of genders, nationalities & personalities 🇹🇿🇬🇧🇨🇲🇨🇩🇮🇳🇨🇩🇨🇲🇬🇧🇹🇿 🌱But 1st & Foremost 🌱 The Plant & Seed Health for Agriculture (PASHA) Team at #IITA in #Tanzania, is researching to transform African Agriculture IITA CGIAR Tanzania Kwanza

I learned how to use LAMP for plant virus diagnostics Biosciences for Africa (B4A) Hub in 2019 during the CONNECTED training @goncalodrs & Prof. Neil you did a great job👏 I then became a guru with Veneranda Ngazi Rudolph Shirima James Legg training seed inspectors from TOSCI to use LAMP for detection of CBSIs