New fungal species named in honour of Sir David Attenborough making zombies of cave spiders on the island of Ireland
Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists – including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and Royal Botanical Gardens Kew – in a study to investigate the identity of a fungus found on a spider during filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland. Based…
CABI working in partnership towards greater nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
CABI is working in partnership to develop more nature-based solutions for sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. These solutions will help increase the livelihoods of thousands of smallholder farmers and ensure enhanced food security. Currently, 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa depend on agriculture, which contributes an average of 25% of…
Ambassadorial visit serves to help strengthen greater sustainable agriculture in Burundi
CABI assisted the Koppert Foundation to host a visit from the Ambassador of Burundi in The Hague, H.E. Madame Isabelle Ndahayo, and help strengthen greater sustainable agriculture, improve smallholder farmer livelihoods and food security. Dr Janny Vos, CABI’s Partnerships Development Director, helped Koppert organize the visit to their facilities to…
CABI attends presidential round table to highlight help for Burundi’s smallholder farmers to increase food security
CABI has taken part in a presidential round table event and highlighted its support for Burundi’s smallholder farmers to increase their livelihoods and food security. Dr Dennis Rangi, Director General, Development, and Dr Janny Vos, Partnerships Development Director, attended the event held in Bujumbura to share the Burundian Government’s vision…
Delegation of officials from MARA-CABI Joint Lab and its four subcentres convene to develop research projects
Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety and four subcentres of the Joint Lab have come together to share scientific progress and explore ways to further collaborate towards greater food security and safety. This includes a specific focus on the use of…
Scientists ‘turn up the heat’ on understanding coffee wilt disease which threatens our favourite daily brew
Scientists, including those from Imperial College London, University of Oxford and CABI, have ‘turned up the heat’ on how repeated outbreaks of coffee wilt disease threatened arabica and robusta varieties of our favourite daily coffee brew. The scientists, who present their findings in the journal PLoS Biology, say the fungal…