{"id":15773,"date":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/cbsd-drc-project-trains-extension-agents-in-communication-and-sensitization-about-cassava-brown-streak-disease\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:29:50","slug":"cbsd-drc-project-trains-extension-agents-in-communication-and-sensitization-about-cassava-brown-streak-disease","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/cbsd-drc-project-trains-extension-agents-in-communication-and-sensitization-about-cassava-brown-streak-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"CBSD-DRC project trains extension agents in communication and sensitization about cassava brown streak disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\nThe\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iita.org\/\">IITA<\/a><\/u>\u00a0project to combat Cassava brown streak disease in DR Congo (CBSD-DRC) organized a training workshop for the National Extension Service [in French: Service National de Vulgarisation (SNV)] on Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD), 28-29 May.\n<div id=\"attachment_4866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 685px\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28592\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CBSD-DRC-p01-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"456\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participating extension agents at the workshop.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe training focused on communication and sensitization about CBSD and the collaboration between SNV and IITA. 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