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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New project aims to enhance national and regional phytosanitary research coordination

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CABI is working as part of the Euphresco network for phytosanitary research coordination and funding to help enhance national and regional phytosanitary research coordination for greater global food security. By building on the foundations developed by the Euphresco network, the EUPHRESCO III project aims to enhance national and regional phytosanitary research…
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CABI Distribution Database used to support analysis of plant health threats to crops in Scotland

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The CABI Distribution Database – which holds over a million geographic records of living organisms – has been used to support an analysis of plant health threats to arable and horticultural crops in Scotland. Tim Beale, a Senior Data Analyst in the Data Science and Modelling team at CABI, contributed…
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PlantwisePlus is supporting the development of a national pesticide residue monitoring framework for Kenya

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The CABI-led global PlantwisePlus programme is supporting the development of a national pesticide residue monitoring framework for Kenya amid concerns that incorrect use of pesticides can pose a significant risk to food safety. Scientists from CABI’s regional centre for Africa have so far supported the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB)…
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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 supports the Plant Health Strategy and the Implementation Plan for Africa 2022-2036

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Since the inception of the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the African Union in 1954, CABI has been a very close partner. This partnership was later officially captured in the AU Maputo Structure (see EX/CL/Dec.34 (III) Assembly/AU/Dec.22. AU-IAPSC launched its Plant Health Strategy and Implementation plan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –…
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