Invasive plants to devastate annual wildebeest migration
According to new research, scientists have found that a number of invasive alien plant species initially introduced as ornamental plants at tourism facilities are now spreading rapidly throughout the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, posing a major threat to wildlife, including the annual wildebeest and zebra migration as well as a range of other…
CABI joins 60th anniversary celebrations for Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
A special ceremony, held in Beijing on 26 May marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), one of the largest national agricultural research institutions in the world. CABI was invited to join the celebrations among some 25 international organisations and national agricultural…
CABI delegation meets with President of African Development Bank
11 April 2017 Dr. Trevor Nicholls, CEO, led a CABI delegation to Côte dIvoire on 10 April 2017 to discuss with the African Development Bank (AfDB) the current status and future role of CABI programmes for promoting agricultural development in Africa. Dr. Nicholls attended the meeting at the National…
CABI scientist receives the International Friends Award from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
31 May 2017 - Dr. Ulrich Kuhlmann, Executive Director Global Operations, CABI, highlighted the importance of the CABI-China partnership after being honoured with the International Friends Award from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing on 25 May 2017. The ceremony was held during an International Summit on…
CABIs Nature vs Invader exhibit wins gold at Chelsea
23 May 2017 CABI has won a gold medal for its first ever solo exhibit at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show an educational display entitled Nature vs Invader that looks at natural solutions to invasive plant problems, and displays some of the UKs most invasive…
Alien plants invade Chelsea Flower Show
22 May 2017 - This week, on 22-27 May, CABI will display some of the UKs most invasive alien weeds at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show as part of its Nature vs Invader exhibit, looking at natural solutions to invasive plant problems. As part of the educational Discovery…
OFRA project trains more extension workers in Fertilizer Optimization
More extension workers can now use the Fertilizer Optimization approach to advise farmers on more efficient and profitable use of fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the awareness raising and capacity building initiatives of the CABI-led Optimizing Fertilizer Recommendations in Africa (OFRA) project.
CABI and Rothamsted Research launch UK Plant Microbiome initiative
2 May 2017 - CABI and Rothamsted Research launched the first UK Plant Microbiome Initiative at a workshop sponsored by the Society for Applied Microbiology last week (26 April 2017). The initiative was initially proposed by CABIs Dr Matthew Ryan at the hugely successful Rothamsted Open Innovation forum in January…
New partnership for sustainable agriculture established with Uzbekistan
28 April 2017 - CABI and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MAWR) of the Republic of Uzbekistan have established a formal partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 19 April 2017 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The partnership aims to facilitate improved cooperation for the economic development of…
Plantwise wins the 2017 St Andrews Prize for the Environment
28 April 2017 Plantwise, a global programme led by the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) which provides smallholder farmers across the world with the knowledge they need to lose less of what they grow to pests and diseases, has won this years St Andrews Prize for the Environment,…