CABI highlights support for just and inclusive transition to sustainable food systems at COP29
CABI has highlighted its support for a just and inclusive transition to sustainable food systems at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This included commitments to share skills, knowledge and technical expertise on helping vulnerable countries around the world to build the capacity of their…
Biodiversity event celebrates 75 years of partnership between CABI and Canada for biological control research
Expertise and a renewed commitment to sustainable invasive pest and weed management has been shared at ‘Biodiversity Days’ hosted by Dr Marcos Alvarez, Executive Director of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Pest Management Centre, and in his function of Canada’s Liaison Officer to CABI. The event was held in…
Ability of PlantwisePlus to empower smallholder farmers featured at European Commission’s InfoPoint Conference
The ability of the CABI-led PlantwisePlus programme to empower smallholder farmers to safeguard crops, livelihoods and biodiversity, has been featured at an InfoPoint Conference organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, and Dr Janny Vos, Partnerships Development Director at CABI, spoke about how PlantwisePlus…
CABI supports project to help smallholder farmers fight the sweet potato weevil in Caribbean
CABI is supporting a project to help smallholder farmers fight the sweet potato weevil (SPW) in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and St Lucia using environmentally friendly biological control agents as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plan. Dr Belinda Luke, Global Team Leader, PlantwisePlus, provided training with Dr Elizabeth…
CABI-led project aims to promote greater sustainable practices to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural trade
CABI is leading a new project aimed at promoting greater sustainable practices to enhance Pakistan’s agricultural trade including safer-to-use and more environmentally friendly biopesticides to fight devastating crop pests and diseases. Together in partnership with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the…
CABI calls for greater coordination to enhance SPS compliance and trade in Africa
CABI shared its expertise and experience in work around harmonisation framework for germplasm exchange in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly within the ECOWAS SPS framework, during the Expert Consultation workshop on Addressing Phytosanitary Bottlenecks to Improve Crop Germplasm/Bioresources Exchange in Africa. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures are rules, measures and regulations designed…