To create better awareness about nematodes, several activities directed to specific stakeholders will be organized during the project period, next to general dissemination activities,:
- Staff at other HEIs
- (University) students, schools and youth
- Extension workers/farmers and farmers’ associations
- Private sector
- Policy makers
Some examples:
- Book ‘From A-Z, nematodes colour our lives!”, available in English, Dutch, Spanish and Mandarin. Translations will be done into French, Swahili,…
- Student clubs with focus on nematodes, school visits and set-up of kitchen gardens
- Open days and nematology awareness days
- Revision of Farmer Field Schools, enhancing nematode content