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CABI expertise shared in FAO side event highlighting benefits of biodiversity friendly crop pest control practices
May 13, 2025
CABI has shared its expertise in a side event organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) entitled ‘Making biodiversity friendly pest control practices more visible as an alternative to Highly Hazardous Pesticides.’ Dr Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI’s Executive Director, Operations, stressed the high value of extension…
Working to develop and commercialise two new varieties of Kinale kale first investigated in Kenya over 20 years ago
May 7, 2025
CABI scientists are working in partnership with the Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to multiply and bulk seeds of two new varieties of Kinale kale which were first investigated for possible production and registered as kale lines over 20 years ago. Lucy Karanja and Duncan Chacha, from CABI’s…
CABI engages with Lebanese Ministry to advance sustainable agriculture
May 2, 2025
Dr Robert Malek, CABI’s Pesticide Risk Reduction Expert, has engaged in high-level talks with senior officials from the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture to help the country adopt greater sustainable agricultural practices for enhanced food safety and security. Lebanon’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr Nizar Hani, received Dr Malek as part of…
CABI’s expertise on sustainable crop pest management highlighted at international conference in Pakistan
April 25, 2025
CABI’s expertise on sustainable crop pest management has been highlighted at the 2nd International Conference on Plant Protection Sciences (ICPPS-2025), hosted by Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, in Pakistan. The event sought to foster and enhance scientific and technological collaboration between Pakistan and the global community, with a particular focus on…
Power of partnerships to improve livelihoods and ease global food crisis highlighted at CGIAR Science Week
April 16, 2025
The power of partnerships to help improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and ease the global food crisis has been highlighted at the inaugural CGIAR Science Week held at the United Nations Headquarters at Nairobi (UNON), Kenya. CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) brought together the…
Senior Chinese delegation visit to CABI’s regional centre for Africa serves to strengthen South-South collaboration
April 15, 2025
CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, welcomed a senior delegation of Chinese officials to further strengthen partnerships for greater South-South collaboration and efforts towards sustainable food security and development. Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, Dr Dennis Rangi, Director General, Development, Phyllis Ombonyo, Director of Strategy and Engagement, International…
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