MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory sets its sights on becoming a world recognized Centre of Excellence
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory (Joint Lab) has set its sights on becoming a world recognized Centre of Excellence for collaborative research and technology transfer in green plant protection technology development. The vision – outlined in a CABI Study Brief looking back on 12…
CABI BioProtection Portal launched and now available in Canada
CABI’s ground-breaking online bioprotection resource has now been launched and made available for the first time in Canada. The CABI BioProtection Portal, which helps growers and pest management advisors identify, source, and correctly apply biocontrol and biopesticide products for their specific crop-pest problems, is now available in Canada in both…
Second International Congress of Biological Control held successfully despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Second International Congress of Biological Control (ICBC2) – co-organised by CABI and the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) and sponsored by Koppert Biological Systems and Biobest – has been held successfully despite the COVID-19 pandemic. World-leading experts in invasive crop pests and diseases and biological controls met, via…
Mating disruption pheromone now registered to fight fall armyworm in Kenya
CABI’s collaboration with US-based agri-tech firm Provivi has supported the registration in Kenya of a new biocontrol product – Provivi’s PherogenTM SPOFR dispenser – now being deployed to fight fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Provivi’s PherogenTM SPOFR dispenser has been registered by the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) in the Biopesticide…
CABI outlines opportunities for growth in the African biocontrol sector at Global Biocontrol Conference
CABI scientist Dr Lakpo Koku Agboyi has outlined a range of opportunities for growth in the African biocontrol sector to fight crop pests and diseases as part of the Global Biocontrol Conference 2021 attended online by biocontrol experts from around the world. Dr Agboyi, who is based at CABI’s centre…
CABI shares expertise on strategic issues article which calls for ecological restoration as an imperative for human health
CABI has shared its expertise on a new strategic issues article which highlights a range of ecological countermeasures for preventing zoonotic diseases as part of an overall call for ecological restoration to be seen as a greater imperative for human health. Dr Arne Witt shared his knowledge on invasive alien…