Mimosa diplotricha ---- a New Threat in SW Ethiopia

Presence of Mimosa diplotricha in Ethiopia was recorded in several places along the Weliso – Jima and Gambella highway, during a recent joint survey of CABI Africa, IUCN and EIAR in the south western Ethiopia. READ MORE

0verwhelming community mobilization for control of Parthenium

The GoE-UNEP/GEF project “Removing Barriers to Invasive Plants Management in Africa (RBIPMA)” organized a parthenium field day on October 19, 2008 at Welenchitti, Boset Woreda. The event drew in an overwhelming community participation and demonstrated coordinated intervention to create awareness about the weed and mobilize control efforts through the project. READ MORE