Welcome from the Chair and CEO
2025 was a year of strong progress for CABI, marked by meaningful delivery across our mission and deeper engagement with our 48 Member Countries. Despite global challenges, we improved millions of farmers’ livelihoods, expanded the reach of our science and knowledge services, and earned international recognition for our leadership in sustainable agriculture. These achievements underscore the commitment and impact of our teams worldwide.
Impact at a glance
2.17m
Farmers' yields boosted
Farmers are seeing improved crop yields as a result of better information and practices
2.1m
Livelihoods improved
Our work helped farmers increase their income, strengthening household resilience and food security
8.87m
Farmers reached
We delivered trusted agricultural and environmental advice to farmers across the Global South
2.85m
Women and young people empowered
Through expanded access to agricultural advice, technologies and farming inputs
2.17m
Farmers' yields boosted
Farmers are seeing improved crop yields as a result of better information and practices
8.87m
Farmers reached
We delivered trusted agricultural and environmental advice to farmers across the Global South
2.1m
Livelihoods improved
Our work helped farmers increase their income, strengthening household resilience and food security
2.85m
Women and young people empowered
Through expanded access to agricultural advice, technologies and farming inputs
A year of scientific discovery
In 2025, we produced 172 research publications, most of which were published open access.
172
research publications in 2025
87
published in journals with
impact factor >2
Impact stories
PlantwisePlus expands global support for smallholder farmers
Policy-to-practice approach on plant health and sustainable crop production improves smallholder farmer yields and incomes.
27.5M
Smallholder farmers reached indirectly
>30%
Farmer income gains from PlantwisePlus initiatives
Reducing pesticide risks, protecting people and the planet
Behaviour-change campaign and training promote safer pesticide practices and adoption of lower-risk alternatives.
15%
increase in the adoption of safer pesticide use practices
Natural pest control enhances rural livelihoods
Biocontrol is helping to sustainably manage invasive pests, protecting the natural resources upon which people depend.
50%
income increase for farmers
Restoring the land through collective action
Integrated landscape management brings communities together to turn the tide on invasive prosopis in Tanzania.
Sustainably integrating plant clinics into extension systems
Malawi now running network of trained plant doctors in all 28 country districts, supporting smallholders nationwide.
28
districts of Malawi with trained plant doctors
Pest alerts boost farmer yields and incomes
CABI quantitative evidence has linked pest alert systems to increased farm production and improved livelihoods.
+18-26%
increase in crop yield and income linked to pest alerts
Radio campaign empowers women farmers in Ghana
Sharing agricultural knowledge over the airwaves in Ghana has strengthened women’s ability to lead and grow farming businesses.
0.5m
listeners to radio campaigns empowering women farmers
Turning education into enterprise
With training from PlantwisePlus and partners, Mary Mueni turned her education into opportunity and leadership.
"My life has been completely transformed"
Mary Mueni
Pest preparedness safeguards coconut production
A proactive pest preparedness campaign in Bangladesh is helping to protect the country’s coconut industry.
50-70%
Losses caused by coconut hispine beetle
Science-led biocontrol is helping to restore Europe’s waterbodies
CABI research delivers nature-based solution to manage invasive weeds and help restore waterbodies.
Evidence, partnerships, and impact
Supporting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with trusted knowledge and tools.
26.4M
students, researchers, and practitioners worldwide supported by CABI Digital Library
13,600
institutions where CABI Digital Library is now available
Turning science journalism into action
SciDev.Net combines independent journalism, wide distribution, and strategic communications to deliver evidence to those who act on it.
300m+
times SciDev.Net content has been seen or heard
CABI supports Kenya’s Apple Mango entry into the UK market
CABI supported Kenya in meeting UK standards, enabling first Apple Mango exports and opening economic opportunities for smallholder farmers.
Image credit: Trademark Africa
Welcome
2025 was a year of strong progress for CABI, marked by meaningful delivery across our mission and deeper engagement with our 48 Member Countries. Despite global challenges, we improved millions of farmers’ livelihoods, expanded the reach of our science and knowledge services, and earned international recognition for our leadership in sustainable agriculture. These achievements underscore the commitment and impact of our teams worldwide.
Our Regional Consultations with Member Countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas were a real highlight. These well-attended discussions provided Member Countries with valuable space to share priorities and experiences, helping shape the refinement of CABI’s global strategy through to 2028. The consultations also delivered a clear mandate for CABI to continue strengthening its leadership in coordinating global action on pesticide risk reduction - a major challenge consistently raised by Member Countries.
Our updated strategy carries forward our five core goals, built on with a clearer articulation of the links between food systems and climate change, and integration of increasingly important issues like pesticide risk reduction and technologies including generative AI.
Like many organizations in its sector, CABI faced a shifting funding environment in 2025. We took the difficult decision to reduce headcount and then reshaped CABI to enhance our resilience and maximize our ability to meet future Member demands.
Despite these pressures, our work in 2025 achieved significant impact. 2.1 million farmers saw improvements in their livelihoods, 2.17 million saw higher yields, and 26.4 million researchers benefited from CABI’s curated knowledge.
The year also brought important recognition. CABI’s Bioprotection Portal received a Gold Stevie Award for Sustainability Initiative of the Year in Europe, and the organisation earned two FAO awards - one for leadership in sustainable plant production and protection and one for Dr Ulli Kuhlman, CABI’s Chief Scientist, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence.
CABI also completed the move of its UK Science Lab to Silwood Park, hosted by Imperial College, opening new opportunities for scientific collaboration. Looking ahead to 2026, we are encouraged by growing interest from countries seeking to join our membership community and we look forward to working with Member Countries to continue improving lives and livelihoods across the world.
Her Excellency Ms Chileshe Kapwepwe, Chair
Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO
Working in partnership
The very essence of CABI is partnership. We depend on our Member Countries, donors and partners, whose support and collaboration enable us to deliver lasting impact around the world.
Member Country led
CABI is an inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization governed through a UN-registered treaty level agreement. We work with countries that represent over half of the world’s population, or over four billion people. Many of these people are smallholder farmers, and much of our work focuses on them.
Each of our 48 Member Countries has an equal role in the organization’s governance, policies and strategic direction. Our membership structure enables us to deliver products, projects and programmes that complement and strengthen the existing national capabilities of our Member Countries and beyond. This helps us to deliver on our mission to improve people’s lives worldwide.
This diagram shows when Members have joined throughout our long journey.
Delivering solutions together
In 2025, CABI continued to build strong global partnerships, working with our many Member Countries, donors, and customers to solve challenges in agriculture and the environment. These relationships enabled us to combine expertise, knowledge, and resources worldwide, and we are committed to playing our part in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In the link below, we highlight our key donors, whom we thank for their significant support.
We also work in partnership with many global organizations to achieve our mutual objectives and broaden our impact and thank all our many global and local partners.
CABI's Governance
CABI is governed by an independent Board, an Executive Council and our Member Countries through a Review Conference.
CABI's Staff
At the heart of CABI’s successes are the experts who make it happen. From entomologists to plant pathologists, from content editors to publishers, we have the scientific expertise to help improve people’s lives worldwide.