CABI joins Australia-Africa Plant Biosecurity Partnership to aid agricultural trade
16 October 2014 On World Food Day, CABI is proud to announce it has joined the Australia-Africa Plant Biosecurity Partnership, a two-year A$1m programme to strengthen skills in plant biosecurity in Africa. The aim is to help facilitate trade, including intra-regional trade, by addressing plant pest and disease problems…
New soil health website supports African farmers on World Food Day
16 October 2014 The Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC) is today launching its new website, giving people who work with and support smallholder farmers a one-stop library of materials on Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM). Coinciding with World Food Day (16 October), the launch of the new website marks…
CABI attends hospitality and tourism conference, EuroCHRIE Dubai 2014
6 October 2014 CABI is delighted to announce it will be attending hospitality and tourism conference, EuroCHRIE Dubai 2014. The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, based in Dubai, UAE, will be proudly hosting the event from 6-9 October 2014. As a scientific publisher, with tourism as one of its…
HRH Duke of Gloucester visits CABI in Wallingford
26 September 2014 Today, HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited CABIs head office in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, to learn about the organizations work solving problems in agriculture and the environment. The Duke was greeted by Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, John Harwood, and CABIs Executive Director, Publishing, Andrea Powell. Chairman of…
UK annual report 2013 – 2014
1 September 2014 The UK annual centre report is now available. This report focuses on CABI's UK-based staff. It outlines their activities and work in 2013 - 2014. If you would like to download the PDF of the report (6MB) then click on the image or heading. For all our…
CABI releases rust fungus to control invasive weed, Himalayan balsam
26 August 2014 - From today, not-for-profit research organization, CABI, will be releasing a rust fungus at locations in Berkshire, Cornwall and Middlesex as part of field trials to control the non-native, invasive weed Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) using natural means. Himalayan balsam has rapidly become one of the UK's…
Scientific publisher, CABI, makes eBooks available in China
18 August 2014 CABI is proud to announce that it has entered into agreement with CNPIEC, the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation, to make CABIs eBooks available through its CNP eReading platform. The decision to work with CNPIEC was taken to increase the exposure of CABIs…
Workshop held on future of Invasive Species Compendium
4 August 2014 Members of the Invasive Species Consortium from the US, Mexico, Caribbean and South Pacific met in Washington DC today and unanimously agreed to keep the Invasive Species Compendium (ISC) an open access resource for a further five years. The ISC has been resourced by a diverse international…
CABI to work with Unilever protecting tea crops in India
11 August 2014 As part of a wider commitment to sustainable sourcing of all of its key agricultural materials by 2020, Unilever has announced it will collaborate with CABI, to undertake a major scientific research study evaluating the environmental and economic feasibility of applying alternative methods to protect tea…
CABI shares knowledge with African universities
25 July 2014 Each year, top university representatives from across Africa gather at the RUFORUM conference to learn about new developments in education and exchange ideas for collaboration. This years event, held in Maputo, Mozambique, from 21 July 25 July, was an opportunity for CABI to increase awareness of its knowledge…