CABI and the Rainforest Alliance pledge working towards more sustainable agriculture
CABI and the Rainforest Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on ways to help smallholder farmers around the world grow safer and higher quality food – and increase their incomes in the process – through more sustainable agricultural practices. With this partnership, producers will benefit from…
Open invite to view high-level discussion exploring global food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Stakeholders working and interested in the field of agricultural science and international development are being invited to a high-level discussion exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security for millions of people around the world. A panel of experts – including senior representatives from the African Union, China Agricultural…
CABI works in partnership to promote organic agriculture in Pakistan
CABI, together with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R), is leading an initiative to promote organic agriculture in Pakistan as part of an ambitious plan to help alleviate poverty and mitigate the impacts of climate change. CABI’s centre in Pakistan is working with MNFS&R to form a…
CABI shares expertise at 3rd International Phytosanitary Conference aimed at enhancing international trade
CABI has shared its expertise – gleaned from digital extension know-how and application in global programmes such as Plantwise, Action on Invasives (AoI) and the new PlantwisePlus – at the 3rd International Phytosanitary Conference held recently. Scientists based at CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, took part in…
Building the policy ecosystem for organic production in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sectoral approaches to land management (increasing production, for instance) are no longer viable to meet global challenges such as poverty alleviation, biodiversity conservation and food production due to mounting pressures from population increases and climate change. Organic production, however, is a more profitable, sustainable and environmentally-friendly approach to agriculture that…
Urgent need for new approach to combat global grassland degradation
Global grasslands are a source of biodiversity and provide a host of benefits to humans, including food production, water supply, and carbon storage. But their future looks bleak without action to halt their degradation and promote their restoration, according to the authors of a new paper published in the journal…