FAO and CABI act in concert to intensify pest control in Eastern Africa
As part of a broad-based initiative to address the plant protection needs of the Eastern Africa nations, a practical training programme on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) was delivered to experts drawn from the National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPO) of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda.…
CABI and ACWICT partner to enhance digital agricultural resource use by women and young farmers in Kenya
The African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT) and CABI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable both organisations to jointly work towards enhancing access and use of digital resources by women and young farmers to enable sustainable agricultural production and food security. This comes…
Important role of women highlighted in study focused on the benefits of good farmer seed production
A new study looking at the benefits of good farmer seed production suggests women need more support to participate in contract farming – to the same extent as their male counterparts – and have more equality along the whole food value chain. The CABI-led research – which sought to assess…
CABI expertise contributes to newly registered biological defence against the fall armyworm in Kenya
Fawligen, a biological control product for managing the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been formally registered by the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) for use in Kenya. Formally launched on 28th May 2021, this represents a culmination of efforts started in 2018 under the CABI Action on Invasives programme that…
CABI expertise supports national campaign to control invasive floating pennywort on Britain’s rivers and lakes
CABI’s expertise on finding a suitable biological control for the highly invasive floating pennywort – which threatens the ecology of Britain’s rivers and lakes – has helped support a new national campaign to control the water weed. As part of the campaign launch, Djami Djeddour, Senior Scientific Officer at CABI,…
CABI BioProtection Portal now available in Hungary
The CABI BioProtection Portal has now been launched in Hungary, in addition to already helping farmers reduce reliance on chemical pesticides in many other countries. CABI today made its ground-breaking online bioprotection resource available in Hungary, adding to the growing number of countries – across four continents – where it…