CABI study identifies safer options for fall armyworm control in Africa
CABI's experts in the biological control of agricultural pests and diseases have conducted the first major study of potential biological controls that could be used in the fight against the devastating fall armyworm which recently arrived in Africa.
Reverse innovation brings new intelligence to food chain pest management
CABI has today launched PestSmart Diagnostics in Europe and North America, the first in a series of new and unique e-learning courses based on training developed for the award-winning Plantwise agricultural programme aimed at farmers in developing countries.
World Food Day: ‘Feeding our Appetite for Food Security’
On this World Food Day 2018 the issue of feeding the world has never been in sharper focus. By 2050, agriculture will need to produce almost 50 percent more food, feed and biofuel than it did in 2012 just to meet demand.
CABI and IFPRI land prestigious $250,000 Inspire Challenge 2018 Scale Up award
CABI and partners the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have landed a prestigious $250,000 Inspire 2018 Scale Up award for their ground-breaking 'Seeing is Believing' project which uses farmers' own smartphone photographs to help them optimize their agronomic decision-making.
World’s leading source of news, views and analysis about science and technology joins The Trust Project
SciDev.Net - the world's leading source of news on science for global development - has today joined The Trust Project's aim of increasing transparency and trust in the news media.
CABI unveils action plan to fight highly invasive and destructive weed
CABI has launched a comprehensive national action plan aimed at combatting the scourge of Parthenium, a highly invasive species of weed, prevalent and spreading in Pakistan.
CABI signs MoU with Koppert to work together on sustainable controls to fight invasive pests and weeds
CABI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with world-leading biological control specialists Koppert to collaborate on making more environmentally sustainable biological controls available in the fight against invasive pests and weeds in less developed countries.
Brazilian government signs five-year deal to benefit from CABI’s scientific publications and databases
The Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) has signed a five-year deal to benefit from CABI's range of world-leading scientific publications and databases including CAB Abstracts - an online platform of more than 12 million records.
Kenyan farmers reap the benefits thanks to Plantwise plant clinics
CABI's global Plantwise programme has a major impact helping farmers in Kenya grow more and lose less to crop pests and diseases, according to a new impact report published.
PhD student steps up fight against western corn rootworm – a major pest of maize
A PhD student, supervised by CABI's invasive species and maize production expert Dr Stefan Toepfer, is stepping up the fight against one of the most destructive pests of maize in North America and Europe - the western corn rootworm.