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,…
CABI co-organises major scientific maize pests conference in China
21 April 2017 - CABI co-organised a major scientific conference on maize insect pests with the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) at their National Agricultural Library in Beijing last week (10-12 April 2017). The 26th IWGO (International Working Group on Ostrinia and other…
CABI partners with TradeMark East Africa to improve trade in East Africa
13 April 2017 - CABIs Africa Regional centre based in Nairobi, Kenya has established a formal partnership with TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 13 February 2017. The partnership aims to more efficiently deliver the two institutions common goal of increased trade in agricultural…
Five invasive pests cost African economy $1 billion every year
3 April 2017 - New research by CABI reveals that just five invasive alien species are causing US$0.9 - 1.1 billion in economic losses to smallholder farmers across six eastern African countries each year, equating to 1.8% - 2.2% of total agricultural GDP for the region. These losses are expected…
CABI launches new Horticulture Compendium
28 March 2017 Academic publisher and international not-for-profit organisation, CABI, has today launched its Horticulture Compendium a new, unique encyclopaedic resource of authoritative horticultural datasheets providing global coverage of temperate, tropical and subtropical food crops. It joins CABIs critically-acclaimed compendia series, making a real difference to the working lives…