Farmers in Malawi fund first purpose-built permanent plant clinic to fight pests and diseases
The new plant clinic 10 April 2019 - A group of farmers in Ntcheu district, Central Malawi, have clubbed together to fund the first purpose-built permanent plant clinic to help fight a range of crop-devastating pests and diseases that threaten their livelihoods and food security. Pengapenga…
Digital technology and data driven innovation highlighted at CABI’s 399th Executive Council meeting
The use of digital technology and data driven innovation to help fight agricultural pests and diseases and increase global food security was highlighted at CABI's 399th Executive Council meeting in London yesterday (20th February 2019).
PKR 94.4 million project to biologically fight cotton, fruit and vegetable pests in Pakistan
CABI scientists are implementing a two-year PKR 94.4 million project to help thousands of farmers fight cotton, fruit and vegetable crop pests and increase their profits by using more environmentally-friendly and sustainable biological controls.
CABI-partnered ‘Seeing is Believing’ project goes ‘under the microscope’ for Facebook Live event
The CABI-partnered 'Seeing is Believing' project, which empowers farmers with smartphone imaging, is going 'under the microscope' on Thursday (24 January 2019) as part of a special Facebook Live Q&A event.
CABI launch Plantwise programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between CABI and Pakistan's Agriculture Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) to launch the Plantwise programme in the province. The aim of the agreement is to build the capacity of agricultural staff of KPK and to provide research-based advisory services to farmers to help…
World Food Day: ‘Feeding our Appetite for Food Security’
On this World Food Day 2018 the issue of feeding the world has never been in sharper focus. By 2050, agriculture will need to produce almost 50 percent more food, feed and biofuel than it did in 2012 just to meet demand.