Phone app set to transform how low-income farmers in Africa invest in fertilizer
An upgrade to a mobile phone app now offers farmers across Africa even more benefits and cutting-edge fertilizer use technology.
Strong, inclusive and empowering partnerships vital to tackling the world’s food crisis
Dr Dennis Rangi, CABI's Director General, Development, has told CABI's African Regional Consultation in Botswana that strong, inclusive and empowering partnerships are key to tackling not only Africa's but the world's food crisis where some 815 million suffer chronic undernourishment.
CABI research helps ‘harvest’ the prospect of more sustainable tea production in India
CABI scientists have revealed that India's tea - which accounts for around 27 percent of the world's tea production - could be protected from devastating crop pests with more environmentally friendly and sustainable biological controls rather than an over reliance on pesticides.
CABI shares expertise on rubber tree blight in major new Amazon documentary series
CABI is today sharing its expertise on the devastating rubber tree blight disease- that could severely impact upon the world's rubber production for essential items including tyres, shoes and the seals on a multitude of household and industrial items- as part of a major new Amazon documentary series now airing.
CABI helps facilitate and supervise Regional Master Class in Plant Biosecurity in Indonesia
CABI has helped facilitate and supervise a Crawford Fund-sponsored Regional Master Class in Plant Biosecurity in Salatiga, Indonesia, aimed at building a higher level of expertise across emerging areas of science, policy and agribusiness.
Digital technology and data driven innovation highlighted at CABI’s 399th Executive Council meeting
The use of digital technology and data driven innovation to help fight agricultural pests and diseases and increase global food security was highlighted at CABI's 399th Executive Council meeting in London yesterday (20th February 2019).
PKR 94.4 million project to biologically fight cotton, fruit and vegetable pests in Pakistan
CABI scientists are implementing a two-year PKR 94.4 million project to help thousands of farmers fight cotton, fruit and vegetable crop pests and increase their profits by using more environmentally-friendly and sustainable biological controls.
Dr Matthew Ryan appointed to Phytobiomes Alliance’s Board of Directors
The International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research has announced the appointment of Dr Matthew Ryan and Dr Natalie Breakfield as new Board members of the organization.
Plantwise successes revealed in Impact Story Competition
Plant Clinic in Nepal 6 February 2019 - The successes of smallholder farmers in Nepal, Uganda and Kenya -thanks to help from CABI- have become the focus of the Plantwise Impact Story Competition won by three extension workers who helped them combat crop pests and diseases.…
CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia
CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree Prosopis juliflora (Swartz DC) across an area equivalent to half of neighbouring Djibouti in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia.