UN Food Systems Summit brief calls for global increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables
The need to increase the global consumption of fruits and vegetables for healthier diets has been highlighted in a United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 brief prepared by scientists working for member organisations of AIRCA. The brief, entitled āFruits and Vegetables for Healthy Diets: Priorities for Food System Research…
Script graduate scoops COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund award to promote science journalism in Zambia
A graduate of the Script training course āScience communications skills for journalistsā and founder of the Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSaT Trust) has won a USD 19,782 grant to promote science journalism in Zambia. Journalist Veronica Mwaba, who is also Executive Director of DSaT Trust ā established in 2018…
CABI BioProtection Portal launched and now available in Canada
CABIās ground-breaking online bioprotection resource has now been launched and made available for the first time in Canada. The CABI BioProtection Portal, which helps growers and pest management advisors identify, source, and correctly apply biocontrol and biopesticide products for their specific crop-pest problems, is now available in Canada in both…
Second International Congress of Biological Control held successfully despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Second International Congress of Biological Control (ICBC2) ā co-organised by CABI and the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) and sponsored by Koppert Biological Systems and Biobest ā has been held successfully despite the COVID-19 pandemic. World-leading experts in invasive crop pests and diseases and biological controls met, via…
Script free training and networking resource for journalists launches new dedicated website
Script ā the free training and networking resource for journalists, scientists and anyone who wants to communicate science in an engaging and accurate way ā has launched its own dedicated website scripttraining.net The website gathers in one place the free training resources and materials and provides more information on the…
New āsafer spicesā base to help secure market access through improved food safety within the peppercorn value chain
The CABI-implemented Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) āsafer spicesā project has established an office in Vietnam to help support its work to secure market access through improved food safety within the peppercorn value chain. The project aims to achieve this by improving compliance with food safety requirements in high-value…
Script āgraduatesā share the headlines in first SciDev.Net journalism awards
Two graduates of Script ā the free training and networking resource for journalists, scientists and anyone who wants to communicate science in an engaging and accurate way ā have shared the headlines in the first SciDev.Net journalism awards. Syriacus Buguzi, from Tanzania, was runner-up in the ābest news articleā category…
CABIās Tourism Cases opens new window into the world of tourism development
CABI has launched a new publishing product ā Tourism Cases ā which opens a new window into the world of tourism development through a growing bank of case studies aimed at academics, students, practitioners and consultants. Experiences and expertise are shared in an initial free-to-search 30 cases studies ā including…
Mating disruption pheromone now registered to fight fall armyworm in Kenya
CABIās collaboration with US-based agri-tech firm Provivi has supported the registration in Kenya of a new biocontrol product ā Proviviās PherogenTM SPOFR dispenser ā now being deployed to fight fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Proviviās PherogenTM SPOFR dispenser has been registered by the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) in the Biopesticide…
āOutstanding progressā made in all aspects of MARA China-CABI Joint Lab despite COVID-19 pandemic
The 13th Steering Committee (SC) meeting of the MARA China-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety and 3rd SC meeting of the MARA China-CABI European Laboratory has reported āoutstanding progressā on all aspects of its work during 2020 despite the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives from the Chinese Ministry…