MARA China-CABI Joint Lab comes into strategic focus amid COVID-19 pandemic
Steering Committee (SC) members of the MARA China-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety and MARA China-CABI European Laboratory have met to review the laboratories’ achievements over the past year as well as set out strategic plans for 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural…
CABI signs open letter to UN, G-20 and national governments on food security amid COVID-19
CABI CEO Dr Trevor Nicholls has been one of the first to put his name, on behalf of the organisation, to an open letter on COVID-19 and agriculture for food and nutrition security addressed to the United Nations (UN), G-20 and national governments. The letter, that has also been signed…
Helping to achieve sustainable agriculture in Myanmar
The agriculture sector in Myanmar is predominantly dominated by rice. It is a key commodity for domestic food security as well as a generator for export income, and in the future could have the potential to become a global rice supplier. However, Myanmar is susceptible to crop losses from pests,…
Project to help achieve sustainable agriculture in Myanmar already bearing ‘fruitful’ results
A CABI-led project to help smallholder rice and vegetable farmers in Myanmar achieve sustainable ‘green’ agriculture, while maximising their yields and profits, is already starting to bear ‘fruitful’ results. Funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the project is working with scientists in Myanmar to understand farmers’…
Cibuni Tea Estate ‘drinks to a more sustainable brew’ in biological fight against pests and diseases
The Cibuni Tea Estate, in the Java region of Indonesia, is benefiting from CABI’s expertise in Integrated Crop Management (ICM) as it adopts a more sustainable biological approach to fighting a range of tea pests and diseases such as looper caterpillars (Biston supressaria) and tea blister blight (Exobasidium vexans Massee).…
Programme providing commercial support to smallholders and agribusiness launched in Uganda
A new programme, which aims to increase global investment in agribusinesses trading with smallholders, was launched in Kampala, Uganda today. The Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme will encourage global and local investors to invest in agribusinesses that source produce from smallholder farmers. The programme’s goal is to…