CABI’s expertise in the sustainable control of crop pests and diseases highlighted at Global Food Security Summit
CABI’s expertise in helping the world’s smallholder farmers sustainably control potentially devastating crop pests and diseases has been highlighted at the Global Food Security Summit held to galvanize action to tackle hunger and malnutrition. Nearly one billion people worldwide do not have enough to eat and 345 million face acute…
CABI shares expertise at FAO’s Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm Control
CABI scientists have shared their expertise at the Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm Management (GS-FAW) convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Beijing, China. Dr Roger Day, Dr Ivan Rwomushana, Dr Hongmei Li and Frances Williams, all contributed to the symposium which was…
CABI and DLCO-EA collaborate in the control and containment of migratory pests
CABI and the Desert Locust Control organization - East Africa (DLCO-EA) have formed a partnership aimed at addressing the control and containment of migratory pests. It will do this by leveraging on the technological innovations, research products, and technical proficiency of both organisations. This strategic alliance, formalized through a Memorandum…
China visit strengthens partnership for sustainable food security
CABI has paid a high-level visit to China to further strengthen partnerships that support progress towards sustainable food security and celebrate 15 years of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory for Biosafety (Joint Lab). Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, led a delegation of senior officials…
Study shows “strong evidence of exceptional efficiency” of biological control agent against papaya mealybug pest
A CABI-led study has revealed “strong evidence of exceptional efficiency” of a biological control agent in the fight against the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) which threatens papaya crops in Kenya and other parts of Africa. The researchers, who outlined their findings in the journal Crop Protection, found that female parasitoids…
Construction of world-leading UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank now complete
The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) – the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world – is now complete after three years of painstaking research led by CABI and a variety of partners. Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes created the…