CABI-led study suggests women in Pakistan need greater access to information on parthenium weed
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A new CABI-led study investigated smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards parthenium and biological control in Pakistan.
The study brings attention to important gendered aspects of parthenium impact. It also highlights smallholder farmers’ significant role, through their on-farm management practices, in improving the establishment and effectiveness of biological control agents.
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