CABI’s expertise in digital development highlighted at major European conference
CABI’s expertise in digital development has been highlighted at the Master Data Management & Data Governance Conference Europe 2023. Ada Isaac, Research and Delivery Manager, and Chipo Msengezi, Project Manager – Digital Development, both gave a presentation entitled ‘Leveraging FAIR for Better Data Governance’ at the event held in London.…
World’s leading experts on maize crop pests gather to share latest research to help safeguard food security
More than 70 of the world’s leading experts on maize crop pests have shared the very latest research to help safeguard food security as part of the 28th International Working Group of Ostrinia and other maize pests (IWGO) Conference. Scientists from Canada, China, the USA and various countries in Europe…
CABI’s expertise showcased at fourth International Congress on Biological Invasions
CABI’s expertise in invasive species has been showcased at the fourth International Congress on Biological Invasions (ICBI2023) held in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is the first time the event has been held outside of China and attracted over 400 participants from different backgrounds and from about 27 different countries including…
CABI to help increase healthy vegetable production and consumption in Kenya and Ethiopia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…