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CABI to help increase healthy vegetable production and consumption in Kenya and Ethiopia
May 5, 2023
CABI has joined forces with the World Vegetable Centre and SNV to help increase healthy vegetable production and consumption in Kenya and Ethiopia as part of a €6m five-year project funded by the Ikea Foundation. Under the auspice of ‘Veggies 4 Planet & People (V4P&P),’ CABI is spending the rest…
CABI’s expertise in data policy and practice shared at 2023 Global Digital Development Forum
May 4, 2023
CABI’s expertise in data policy and practice has been shared at the 2023 Global Digital Development Forum which focused on locally-led development, climate change and emerging technologies. Arun Jadhav, Manager – Digital Development, who is based at CABI’s centre in India, delivered a presentation entitled ‘Enabling data access, sharing and…
SciDev.Net wins Solutions Journalism Accelerator grant to boost its science podcast offering
May 3, 2023
SciDev.Net has won a share of EURO €1.17 million of grants from the European Journalism Centre which will be used to boost its science podcast offering. Nearly EURO €300,000 has been awarded to SciDev.Net – the world’s leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis about science and…
Impact of fall armyworm pest in Sub-Saharan Africa worsened by COVID-19, study reveals
April 27, 2023
The impact of the fall armyworm pest on maize crops and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new CABI-led research published as a Current Opinion article in the journal Environmental Sustainability. Drawing upon recent empirical literature on the pest since it was first reported…
CABI’s expertise in digital development showcased at G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists summit in India
April 24, 2023
CABI’s expertise in digital development – in bringing science-based agricultural knowledge to millions of smallholder farmers, helping them to increase their yields – has been showcased at the Meetings of Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 States in India. Dr Ulrich Kuhlmann, Executive Director, Global Operations, attended the event – which…
Project to help increase safe and efficient trade of agriculture in East Africa making good progress
April 20, 2023
A project to help increase safe and efficient trade of agriculture in East Africa through enhanced sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) systems is making good progress, CABI can report. The EAC is one of the fastest-growing regional economies – with agricultural playing a major part. However, the trade of agriculture between…
Plant Health Cases joins CABI’s expanding publishing portfolio
April 18, 2023
Plant Health Cases – which explores topics including plant pests and diseases, weeds, environmental factors, diagnosis, prevention and control and much more – is the latest collection of case studies to join CABI’s expanding publishing portfolio. The collection, which is led by Editors-in Chief Lone Buchwaldt, David B. Collinge and…
CABI partners with ACIAR to develop FAIR data strategy for its soil and land management program
April 17, 2023
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funds research projects aimed at improving agricultural productivity, sustainability, and resilience in developing countries. ACIAR recognizes the importance of data management and the need for research programs to adopt the FAIR data principles, which ensure that research outputs meet principles of findability,…
Script training delivered to talented African researchers
April 13, 2023
Script has delivered science communication training to talented African early career researchers recognised by The Royal Society for having the potential to become leaders in their field. The Royal Society is a Fellowship of more than 1,600 of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in…
Importance of FAIR data highlighted in workshop as part of plans for digital plant health service in Malawi
April 12, 2023
CABI has highlighted the importance of adopting the principles of FAIR data in a workshop held to help establish a digital plant health service in Malawi that will ultimately ensure greater food security and benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers. Henry Mibei, Manager, Digital Development, and Dr Tom Chaloner, Data Policy…
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