New study explores maize diversity for fall armyworm resistance in a warming world

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CABI has contributed to new research which highlights the importance of and need for host plant resistance for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frudiperda) in maize as current maize production in Africa and Asia is under serious threat from the pest and exacerbated by climate change concerns. CABI scientists Dr Feng Zhang,…
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Woody Weeds + project to support Kenya’s national prosopis strategy

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A new Swiss-Kenyan Woody Weeds + project has been launched to support a National Prosopis Strategy for Kenya which is aimed at the sustainable management of the invasive weed Prosopis juliflora – considered one of the world’s most threatening non-native tree species. The three-year project builds upon the previous Swiss-funded…
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CABI shares expertise at 3rd International Phytosanitary Conference aimed at enhancing international trade

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CABI has shared its expertise – gleaned from digital extension know-how and application in global programmes such as Plantwise, Action on Invasives (AoI) and the new PlantwisePlus – at the 3rd International Phytosanitary Conference held recently. Scientists based at CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, took part in…
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Expertise shared in helping farmers reduce crop losses at first International Conference on Food Loss and Waste

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CABI has shared its expertise in helping smallholder farmers around the world grow more and lose less to crop pests and diseases at the first International Conference on Food Loss and Waste which convened recently in China. Dr Ulli Kuhlmann, Executive Director, Global Operations at CABI, gave a presentation at…
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CABI book, ‘Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines,’ wins OIV award for Sustainable Vitiviniculture

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We are excited to announce that Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines, a book written by Robert White, University of Melbourne, and Mark Krstic, Australian Wine Research Institute, and published by CABI, has won an award for Sustainable Vitiviniculture (wine growing). Granted by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV),…
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Integrated approach to crop-livestock advisory services in Uganda reaps benefits despite COVID-19 pandemic

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A CABI-led pilot project to apply a ‘One Health’ approach to advisory services to help 1,200 smallholder farmers in Uganda tackle major crop and livestock health and production problems, is already reaping benefits despite challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has so far established four joint crop-livestock clinics…
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