MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory sets its sights on becoming a world recognized Centre of Excellence
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory (Joint Lab) has set its sights on becoming a world recognized Centre of Excellence for collaborative research and technology transfer in green plant protection technology development. The vision – outlined in a CABI Study Brief looking back on 12…
Polypharmakos and CABI agree to develop new antimicrobial products from CABI’s Culture Collection
Polypharmakos Limited, a spin-out company from the UK’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and University of Cambridge, and international not-for-profit organisation CABI have signed a research collaboration and licensing agreement to develop novel products from CABI’s Culture Collection. CABI’s Culture Collection consists of 30,000 strains of optimally preserved fungi and bacteria…
New study suggests innovative value chain financing approaches for youth engagement in agribusiness
Organising young people into business entities and employing innovative value chain financing approaches to encourage more youth participation in agribusiness have been suggested in a new CABI-led study focussing on Zambia and Vietnam. The research, published in the journal Development in Practice, sought to understand the nature of youth participation…
CABI BioProtection Portal welcomes new partner Biobest
This partnership will help CABI to increase global reach and uptake of the free tool and enhance awareness and uptake of biocontrol and biopesticide products. The CABI BioProtection Portal has welcomed Biobest as a partner. This is great news for the development of the free-to-use tool which promotes awareness and…
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 ‘Fruits 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 ‘Science communications skills for journalists’ 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 – established in 2018…
CABI BioProtection Portal launched and now available in Canada
CABI’s 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) – co-organised by CABI and the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) and sponsored by Koppert Biological Systems and Biobest – 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 – the free training and networking resource for journalists, scientists and anyone who wants to communicate science in an engaging and accurate way – 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 ‘safer spices’ base to help secure market access through improved food safety within the peppercorn value chain
The CABI-implemented Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) ‘safer spices’ 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…