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CABI first established a centre in India in 1948. Ever since, the centre has been implementing programmes and working with partners to help improve the lives of people and communities in the region.

About

South Asia is agriculture-oriented – more than 50% of the population is engaged in agriculture as its primary occupation. The region produces some key food security crops, and is responsible for feeding a significant proportion of the world.

CABI’s centre in India works to improve the lives of local people and communities in the region, through a variety of methods. It helps smallholder farmers to improve the quality and quantity of their crops, enabling them to achieve better prices, and works to increase opportunities for trade. It also provides training and access to knowledge for farmers that will help them to improve crop quality whilst safeguarding the environment.

Specific programmes include the regional implementation of CABI’s global Plantwise initiative, which aims to help farmers lose fewer crops to pests and diseases, and thus increase their yields.  The use of safe biological controls is encouraged, and trained extension workers hold free advisory plant clinics for farmers in the local area.

The centre collaborates with a number of public, private and governmental bodies across the region, to enable the effective and efficient implementation of programmes, and to enable impact to be studied. Work so far has yielded tangible economic and social benefits for the local communities, as well as the environment.

Future aims include the establishment of a sustainable CABI presence in each country of the region, and attracting sustainable investment funding for the centre’s various agriculture and environment initiatives.

Contact us: CABI Publishing

CABI is a leading publisher of agriculture, veterinary, environment and public health products across India and South Asia, including CAB Abstracts, to support all 160+ ICAR institutes, agricultural universities and corporates in their research and continuing education.

CABI’s direct publishing sales operations were established in India in Oct 2009 to service institutional and academic subscribers, distributors, corporates and partners across South Asia and is headed by Mr Tirumal Rao. T: +91 9866 000357 Email: t.rao@cabi.org

Contact us

Dr Vinod Pandit

Regional Director, South Asia

2nd Floor, CG Block, NASC Complex, DP Shastri Marg, New Delhi - 110012, India

T: +91 9910182288

E: v.pandit@cabi.org

CABI - India

2nd Floor, CG Block, NASC Complex, DP Shastri Marg, Opp. Todapur Village, PUSA, New Delhi - 110012, India

T: +91 (0) 11 2584 1906

Centre staff

Kritika Khanna

Project Development and Programme Communication Manager

Madhu Manjari

Agri-Digital Tools Coordinator for South Asia

Akanksha Nagpal

Project Coordinator South Asia

Manju Thakur

Crop Health Advisor

Dr Vinod Pandit

Regional Director, South Asia

Malvika Chaudhary

Global Team Leader - Digital tool promotion

Arun Jadhav

Senior Data Architect (Data Policy and Practice), Digital Development

Tirumal Rao

Regional Sales Manager, South Asia

PlantwisePlus Blog

Chilli black thrips outbreak: supporting Indian farmers to protect crops sustainably

2nd December 2024
CABI Blog

IRRI and CABI collaborate on biocontrol workshop for sustainable agriculture in Odisha

24th October 2024
CABI Blog

Unpacking FAIR’s jargon: The Indian example

16th October 2024
PlantwisePlus Blog

How PlantwisePlus and Grameen Foundation are driving change for women farmers in India 

14th October 2024

Documents

CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 13

May - August 2024

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 12

January-April 2024

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 11

October - December 2023

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 10

May - September 2023

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 9

January - April 2023

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 8

October - December 2022

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 7

July - September 2022

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 5 & 6

January - June 2022

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 4

September - December 2021

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 2 & 3

April - August 2021

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CABI News Bulletin Asia - Issue 1

January - March 2021

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Related projects

CABI Project
mNutrition: Addressing hidden hunger through mobile messaging

One in three people in the developing world suffer from hidden hunger, or micronutrient deficiency, due to a lack of information on proper nutrition. This is a major cause of illness, poor growth, reduced productivity and impaired cognitive development. To help combat the problem, CABI and its partners in the DFID mNutrition initiative are developing content for a mobile phone-based messaging service aimed at increasing knowledge of nutrition and health within communities in 14 countries.

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