Reducing risks from highly hazardous pesticides in Pakistan
Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) pose serious risks to people and the environment. Working with national partners, CABI is helping Pakistan strengthen pesticide regulation, improve poisoning surveillance, support evidence-based policy, and promote safer alternatives for sustainable agriculture.
Improving the livelihoods of smallholder maize farmers around the Mekong
After rice, maize is the most important crop in the Mekong Delta. Insects including the Asian corn borer are a major threat to production. Fear of crop losses, together with a lack of alternative measures, can result in overuse of pesticides – posing health risks to farmers, consumers and the agro-ecosystem. This project will establish local production of an affordable biological control agent, the parasitic wasp trichogramma, which kills the eggs of maize pests.