Delegation of officials from MARA-CABI Joint Lab and its four subcentres convene to develop research projects

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Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety and four subcentres of the Joint Lab have come together to share scientific progress and explore ways to further collaborate towards greater food security and safety. This includes a specific focus on the use of…
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Scientists ‘turn up the heat’ on understanding coffee wilt disease which threatens our favourite daily brew

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Scientists, including those from Imperial College London, University of Oxford and CABI, have ‘turned up the heat’ on how repeated outbreaks of coffee wilt disease threatened arabica and robusta varieties of our favourite daily coffee brew. The scientists, who present their findings in the journal PLoS Biology, say the fungal…
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Animal-sourced foods improve child nutrition in Africa, CABI-led study finds

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Animal-sourced foods – such as meat, dairy, eggs, and fish – have been found to improve child nutrition in Africa, according to new research led by CABI and the University of Bonn, Germany, and published in a special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Dr…
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Sustainable land management practice successfully ‘uproots’ invasive Prosopis juliflora in East Africa

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The adoption of a sustainable land management practice (SLM) to manage invasive Prosopis juliflora – considered one of the world’s most threatening non-native tree species – appears to have ‘uprooted’ the problem in East Africa. A new CABI-led study involving colleagues from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, the Tanzania Forestry…
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CABI’s Member Countries reap the benefits of science communication training for researchers

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Hundreds of scientists from CABI’s 48 Member Countries have participated in free science communication training designed to help them gain the confidence and skills to communicate their findings to policymakers and the public. In total 725 people took part in six different training sessions on subjects including ‘How researchers can…
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CABI highlights support for just and inclusive transition to sustainable food systems at COP29

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CABI has highlighted its support for a just and inclusive transition to sustainable food systems at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This included commitments to share skills, knowledge and technical expertise on helping vulnerable countries around the world to build the capacity of their…
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Biodiversity event celebrates 75 years of partnership between CABI and Canada for biological control research

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Expertise and a renewed commitment to sustainable invasive pest and weed management has been shared at ‘Biodiversity Days’ hosted by Dr Marcos Alvarez, Executive Director of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Pest Management Centre, and in his function of Canada’s Liaison Officer to CABI. The event was held in…
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Ability of PlantwisePlus to empower smallholder farmers featured at European Commission’s InfoPoint Conference

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The ability of the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme to empower smallholder farmers to safeguard crops, livelihoods and biodiversity, has been featured at an InfoPoint Conference organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, and Dr Janny Vos, Partnerships Development Director at CABI, spoke about how PlantwisePlus…
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CABI supports project to help smallholder farmers fight the sweet potato weevil in Caribbean

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CABI is supporting a project to help smallholder farmers fight the sweet potato weevil (SPW) in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and St Lucia using environmentally friendly biological control agents as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan. Dr Belinda Luke, Global Team Leader, PlantwisePlus, provided training with Dr Elizabeth…
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CABI-led project aims to promote greater sustainable practices to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural trade

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CABI is leading a new project aimed at promoting greater sustainable practices to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural trade including safer-to-use and more environmentally friendly biopesticides to fight devastating crop pests and diseases. Together in partnership with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the…
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