CABI contributes to baseline survey on emerging pests in Eastern Africa

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CABI has shared its expertise on a new baseline survey on emerging pests in Eastern Africa produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE). The survey shows the combined efforts of stakeholders in the plant health system – including…
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Workshop outlines plan to increase fight against the devastating papaya mealybug pest in more locations across Uganda

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CABI is working in partnership with colleagues in Uganda to help increase the fight in more districts against the potentially devastating papaya mealybug pest which is threatening smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and food security across the country. Integrated pest management (IPM) experts from CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya,…
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CABI’s work on weed biological control is highlighted in the annual progress report

Scientists from CABI’s centre in Switzerland this year added two new projects to their portfolio of invasive weed targets. These included, blueweed (Echium vulgare), also known as viper’s bugloss, and European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), both of which have many negative environmental and economic impacts. On the back of the European…
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CABI assists the Philippines in assessing the impact of fall armyworm in rice

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CABI has joined forces with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PRRI) to assess the impact of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) pest at over 20 sites where rice crops are grown in the Philippines. The fall armyworm is a lepidopteran pest native to the Americas that feeds in large numbers…
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CABI and partners step up fight against devastating papaya mealybug on more farms in Kenya

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CABI, working with key Kenyan partners, is helping to protect livelihoods and food security by fighting the devastating papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) pest in five more major papaya growing counties in Kenya. Scientists from CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi have recently deployed Acerophagus papayae – an environmentally friendly…
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Integrated management of fall armyworm in rice-based ecosystems

Rice is a food security crop in the Philippines. It is the second most important commodity after sugar cane. However, an invasion of the fall armyworm in Asia is damaging food crops, including rice, and threatening the food, nutrition and income security of millions of farming households. To sustainably manage…
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