Scientists suggest global guidelines for sustainable use of non-native trees to protect worldwide biodiversity
A team of international scientists have collaborated to propose a series of global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native tree species to help protect biodiversity and ecosystems around the world already threatened by climate change. The new paper, published today in the journal NeoBiota, uses the Council of Europe…
New report evaluates successes of CABI-led Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes
An external evaluation report, recently commissioned by CABI on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been published. The report describes the independent evaluation of the CABI-led Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes that both aim at increasing agricultural production and farmers’ incomes impacted by crop pests and…
Taking to the ‘airwaves’ to help Kenya’s smallholder farmers fight back against devastating papaya mealybug
CABI’s experts in extension communications are literally taking to the ‘air waves’ having just launched a major radio campaign to help Kenya’s smallholder farmers fight back against the papaya mealybug pest which can devastate their crops. Stephanie Gakuo, Development Communications Specialist based at CABI’s Kenya centre in Nairobi, teamed up…
CABI shares expertise in Kew’s State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2020 report
CABI scientists have shared their expertise, along with over 200 others researchers from around the world, as part of Royal Botanical Gardens Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi 2020’ report released today (Wednesday 30 September). Dr Matthew Ryan, Curator of CABI’s Culture Collection, and Dr David Smith, Director,…
Genome of Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced with help from CABI’s original strain
Researchers from Imperial College London, CABI and the University of Oxford have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s original Penicillium strain using samples that were frozen alive more than fifty years ago. Dr Matthew Ryan, Curator of the Genetic Resource Collection at CABI, shared his expertise and samples of Fleming’s…
New research highlights impact of COVID-19 on food security in Kenya and Uganda
CABI scientists have conducted new research highlighting the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food security in Kenya and Uganda with more than two-thirds of those surveyed having experienced economic hardship due to the pandemic. Dr Monica Kansiime led a team of researchers who discovered, from a random sample of 442…
CABI collaborates with ASEAN Action Plan on Fall Armyworm Control and co-hosts webinar series
The ASEAN Action Plan on Fall Armyworm Control and CABI are working towards effective approaches to biocontrol of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Southeast Asia with an informative three-part webinar series. The webinars, the first of which took place on 10 September, explore classical, biopesticide, augmentative and conservation-based biocontrol approaches…
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BioSpace project provides early warning system for locust and fall armyworm pests in China and Laos
CABI is working in partnership to utilise space-enabled remote sensing technology to help tackle migratory locusts and the fall armyworm in China and Laos with an emphasis on promoting more environmentally-friendly biopesticide controls. The BioSpace project, funded by the Science Technology and Facilities Council, will act as an early-warning system…
Visit of Malawian High Commissioner to Kenya promotes mutual food security efforts
Her Excellency Agrina Mussa, the Malawian High Commissioner to Kenya, recently toured several CABI-led projects being implemented in the country. The visits took place alongside consultations aimed at enhancing areas of collaboration between the two countries and improving farmer livelihoods in Malawi.