CAB Direct wins CHOICE magazine ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ award 2017

The CAB Direct platform, which provides a single point of access to all of CABI's databases, was rated as 'highly recommended' for undergraduates, researchers, faculty members, technical programme students, professionals and practitioners in the March 2017 issue of CHOICE magazine. We are proud to announce that the platform has now…
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Triple attack on bananas could devastate $35bn global industry

CABI scientists have today raised concerns that an attack on the world's banana production is worse than first feared, with a perfect storm of three pests having the potential to decimate around $35 billion worth of crops.
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CABI publishes practice brief on climate-smart pest management

CABI has published a practice brief on a new concept of climate-smart pest management (CSPM) to bring greater attention to the topic of pest management within the wider framework of climate smart agriculture (CSA).
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PR Andrea Powell 16 November

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Press Release African Biosecurity 27 November 2017

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Press Release 15 November 2017

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2017 Press Releases

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CABI advocates use of open data in agricultural science at APEC symposium, Beijing

CABI contributed to an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Symposium on Agricultural Science Data Sharing and Service which brought together over 30 participants from 15 countries within APEC and other national and international organisations at a meeting in in Beijing.
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Research pathway for new European Laboratory agreed

A future pathway for agricultural research to take place at a new joint European laboratory based at CABI's centre in Switzerland was agreed during a visit by a delegation of senior scientists from China last week (6-9 December 2017).
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Space-age technology for fight against crop-devastating pest outbreaks

CABI is leading a consortium, funded by the UK Space Agency's International Partnership Programme (IPP), developing a Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE), which uses state-of-the-art technology to help inform farmers in sub-Saharan Africa of pest outbreaks that could devastate their crops and livelihoods.
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