CONNECTED Vector-borne Plant Virus Training Program

A group of African early career researchers feature in a new short film about vector-borne plant viruses that devastate crops in Sub-Saharan African countries.

The seven-minute film focuses on the ground-breaking Virus-Vector Vice-Versa training course for early career researchers, run by the CONNECTED Network, which took place at The University of Bristol, UK, in summer 2019.


A group of early career researchers from 11 African countries took up fully-funded places at the course. The film features interviews with delegates discussing: 

There are also clips from interviews with:

In the film Prof. Foster says: “CONNECTED is sowing the seeds of a new generation of collaborators, whose work will transform African agriculture for the next 20 to 30 years.”

You can watch below or on the CONNECTED Vimeo channel.

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