LOSE LESS, FEED MOREwww.plantwise.org

Improving livelihoods, and increasing food

security

Roland DietzNon Executive Board Director

• 40% lostto pests and diseases

•1% less =25 Million more fed

•Lose less, Feed more.

The vision

Improve food security

Reduce poverty

Support farmers, via free local clinics

Strengthen national plant health systems

Open access data and tools

Global vigilance of emerging threats

Adapt to climate change

Facilitate trade

Lose less, feed more

Think global, act local….

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Expertise from CABI and partnersContent from CABI and partners

Data for prevention,

identification and

management

Practical assistance for

farmers

Global vigilance network

Public goods: trade,

knowledge, food

security

Plant doctors

Knowledge Bank

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ClinicsKnowledge Bank

Partner organisations

Government extension bodies

Government research bodies

Universities

NGOs

Agro-industry

Farmer-based organisations

Local volunteers

Using clinic data

Data gathered at clinics is recorded and uploaded to a central

repository

Clinic data is then blended with data harvested from other

sources -

CABI publications

Third party information (with permission)

to extract data points relating to the location of plants and the

pests and diseases that damage them at a given time

which are then stored for further manipulation in the Plantwise

Knowledge Bank

Data Validation

All data points come with an audit trail allowing users to

validate their origin and authority

Any contributed data is clearly labeled

Links into CAB Abstracts and onward to published research

articles through DOI linking

Data visualization adds value to the original research and

creates new insights

Embedded into workflows

Combined with other global datasets

Predictive pest maps

Coffee wilt

distribution

data+

World soils

database=

Predictive pest maps

Based on soil

profile, where

could Coffee

Wilt Disease

make its next

appearance?

Semantic tagging

All terms and concepts controlled and validated by CAB

Thesaurus

130,000 terms and phrases, specific to agriculture and related

disciplines

Essential to ensure consistency, discoverability and reliability

“Flat” Thesaurus being developed into a three-dimensional

ontology using RDF

Breathing new life into a long-standing CABI asset

Business model

Major fund-raising campaign has already secured >$30m for

the whole Plantwise initiative, from DFID, SDC, EU, ACIAR

and others

The Plantwise Knowledge Bank will be an Open Access

resource

CABI will create value-added products and services for

commercial sale

Potential users range from academic researchers to

quarantine officers and supply chain logisticians

Thank you

Roland Dietz

Non Executive Board Director

LOSE LESS, FEED MOREwww.plantwise.org