MAS ICM course welcomes agricultural students for the 5th year
The Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Integrated Crop Management (ICM) course has welcomed another 12 international students for the 2019 academic year. An opening ceremony was held in Delémont, the capital of the Swiss Canton of Jura to mark the occasion.
CABI announces major commitments in fight against invasive species
Coinciding with its regional consultation with member states in Africa, CABI hosted a policy summit on invasive species in Gaborone, Botswana.
Legacy of AgriTT programme lives on at Rwandan biocontrol facility to fight crop pests
The legacy of the Working in Partnership for Agricultural Technology Transfer (AgriTT) programme, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), is living on at a facility in Rwanda which is producing biological control agents to kill a variety of crop pests including the devastating fall armyworm.
CABI and ACIAR sign AUD $2.1 million four-year agreement to steer future collaboration
CABI and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) have signed a four-year agreement worth AUD $2.1 million to guide future collaboration that will fight a range of crop pests and disease which threaten global food security.
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.
Plantwise successes revealed in Impact Story Competition
Plant Clinic in Nepal 6 February 2019 - The successes of smallholder farmers in Nepal, Uganda and Kenya -thanks to help from CABI- have become the focus of the Plantwise Impact Story Competition won by three extension workers who helped them combat crop pests and diseases.…