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.
CABI works in partnership to help rid UNESCO Natural World Heritage site Socotra of common pest pear Opuntia stricta
Invasive species experts from CABI have been working in partnership with a range of international organisations, including more than 200 members of a local community and a musical band, to help get rid of the common pest pear Opuntia stricta from the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen.
Conserving and using genetic resources as part of CABI’s commitment to the Nagoya Protocol
CABI has stepped up measures to ensure its research with genetic resources from around the world can be shared with others to improve yields in global agriculture while at the same time supporting the conversation of biodiversity.