SciDev.Net provides workshop at 2023 African Science Granting Councils’ Annual Forum
SciDev.Net has provided a workshop in science communication at the 2023 Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Annual Forum and the Global Research Council (GRC) Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Meeting in Mombasa, Kenya. The aim of the Forum and Regional Meeting was for Science Granting Councils to engage with the global network…
CABI’s expertise in the sustainable control of crop pests and diseases highlighted at Global Food Security Summit
CABI’s expertise in helping the world’s smallholder farmers sustainably control potentially devastating crop pests and diseases has been highlighted at the Global Food Security Summit held to galvanize action to tackle hunger and malnutrition. Nearly one billion people worldwide do not have enough to eat and 345 million face acute…
CABI shares expertise at FAO’s Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm Control
CABI scientists have shared their expertise at the Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm Management (GS-FAW) convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Beijing, China. Dr Roger Day, Dr Ivan Rwomushana, Dr Hongmei Li and Frances Williams, all contributed to the symposium which was…
CABI and DLCO-EA collaborate in the control and containment of migratory pests
CABI and the Desert Locust Control organization - East Africa (DLCO-EA) have formed a partnership aimed at addressing the control and containment of migratory pests. It will do this by leveraging on the technological innovations, research products, and technical proficiency of both organisations. This strategic alliance, formalized through a Memorandum…
China visit strengthens partnership for sustainable food security
CABI has paid a high-level visit to China to further strengthen partnerships that support progress towards sustainable food security and celebrate 15 years of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety (Joint Lab). Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, led a delegation of senior officials…
Study shows “strong evidence of exceptional efficiency” of biological control agent against papaya mealybug pest
A CABI-led study has revealed “strong evidence of exceptional efficiency” of a biological control agent in the fight against the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) which threatens papaya crops in Kenya and other parts of Africa. The researchers, who outlined their findings in the journal Crop Protection, found that female parasitoids…
CABI joins One Food programme for a ‘One Health’ approach to sustainable food systems in South Africa
CABI is sharing its expertise along the agricultural value chain as part of the UK government-funded One Food programme aimed at implementing a ‘One Health’ approach to sustainable food systems in South Africa. The One Food programme is codeveloped by the UK Government’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science…
Construction of world-leading UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank now complete
The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) – the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world – is now complete after three years of painstaking research led by CABI and a variety of partners. Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes created the…
CABI shares expertise in FAIR data at SciDataCon conference as part of International Data Week
CABI has shared its expertise in FAIR data – as they apply to data governance, development projects and investments – at the SciDataCon conference in Salzburg, Austria, held as part of International Data Week. Ada Isaac, CABI’s Research and Development Manager, attended the event – which is the international conference…
CABI scientists test model to predict performance of biological control agent against Oriental migratory locust
CABI scientists have led new research which has tested an updated and validated model to predict the performance of a biological control agent to tackle the Oriental migratory locust (Locusta migratoria manilensis) in China. The scientists found that the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae tended to work better on insects with lower…