Invasive non-native species cost UK economy an estimated £4bn a year, new CABI-led study reveals
CABI scientists have carried out a study which reveals invasive non-native species (INNS) – such as the aquatic water weeds floating pennywort and Japanese knotweed as well as signal crayfish – cost the UK economy an estimated £4bn a year. However, when species only covered by the GB Non-native Species…
CABI investigates how finance can help boost Africa’s coffee value chain
CABI is investigating how finance can help boost Africa’s coffee value chain to maximise the production and export capabilities of micro, small to medium enterprises and individual smallholder producers of the key cash crop. A study by KPMG in 2014 found that Africa produced and exported coffee to the value…
Find bioprotection products faster and easier with new CABI BioProtection Portal
Innovative digital tool - CABI BioProtection Portal - upgraded to help growers reduce reliance on chemical pesticides and produce safer and healthier food The CABI BioProtection Portal has been upgraded, making it faster, sleeker and easier to use for those wanting information about registered biocontrol and biopesticide products to fight…
CABI to investigate using parasitic fly as a classical biological control agent against Japanese beetle
It may look pretty but the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is one pesky pest – which feeds on the foliage and fruits of hundreds of fruit tree species – that in the USA alone costs a staggering $450 million a year to control. But CABI scientists from its centre in…
Biocontrol agent released to control noxious parthenium weed in Pakistan
A “major step forward in the fight against noxious parthenium weed” in Pakistan has been taken with the release of a biological control agent at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. The move is seen as a significant measure to help combat the risks parthenium poses to human…
CABI’s expertise in biological control resources highlighted in journal’s special issue
CABI scientists have joined an international team of researchers from around the world who have shared their expertise in a special issue of BioControl that focuses on the importance of biological genetic resources. The expertise particularly drew upon CABI’s strengths in advocating access and benefit sharing (ABS) policy and ABS…