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CABI highlights its expertise at Africa Food Systems Forum on the benefits of sharing data for agriculture
September 15, 2025
Wayne Coles
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CABI has highlighted its expertise in digital development by taking part in the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) in Senegal where it outlined how sharing data through regional platforms can help different agricultural services work better together.
Advancing sustainable agriculture: CABI BioProtection Portal highlighted at rural pharmacies event in Brazil
September 9, 2025
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The CABI BioProtection Portal – the largest open-access global resource for registered biocontrol and biopesticide products and information – has been highlighted at a rural pharmacies event in Brasília, Brazil.
Workshop explores plant health concerns as part of European Phytosanitary Research Coordination network
September 8, 2025
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CABI, in collaboration with Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), AU InterAfrican Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC), and EUPHRESCO Network Office, has taken part in a consultation workshop exploring a range of phytosanitary research concerns.
CABI strengthens regional collaboration in Latin America to help advance sustainable agriculture and food security
September 4, 2025
Wayne Coles
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CABI has been busy working to strengthen regional collaboration in Latin America, helping to advance sustainable agricultural production and food security, including the development of more environmentally friendly methods to combat crop pests and diseases.
Regenerative agriculture highlighted as a transformative approach to ecological farming and soil recovery
August 22, 2025
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A new critical review, published in the journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, highlights the emergence and scientific basis of regenerative agriculture – proposing a working definition centred on ecological cycles and farm system outcomes.
Strengthening food safety systems: Zambia hosts Codex training for national stakeholders
July 31, 2025
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Zambia has taken a significant step in bolstering its food safety framework by hosting a comprehensive hands-on training workshop in Livingstone. Supported by the Codex Trust Fund and the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the training aimed to build the capacity of national stakeholders and experts on Codex procedures and the effective…
‘Under the microscope’ to mark World Microbiome Day: CABI’s work in the field
June 27, 2025
Wayne Coles
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To mark World Microbiome Day 2025 (Friday 27 June), CABI takes a look back at its recent work – putting the microbiome ‘under the microscope’ to see how this community of micro-organisms live together in a particular ecosystem where humans, animals, and plants all have their own unique microbiomes.
Public and private sector partnership seeks to increase sustainable potato production in Chile
June 26, 2025
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CABI is working with the Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Chile and the Croda Foundation to help increase sustainable potato production of the crop including supporting 300 smallholder farmers reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides.
Biosecurity and skills development workshop brings together key players in Africa’s plant health ecosystem
June 23, 2025
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CABI has convened a plant biosecurity training and skills development workshop bringing together key players in Africa’s plant health ecosystem keen to help the continent’s smallholder farmers improve their livelihoods and food security.
Training workshop in Malawi shifts focus to effective data management practices as part of MaDiPHS project
May 16, 2025
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CABI has delivered a three-day refresher technical training workshop in Malawi aimed at encouraging greater effective data management practices as part of the Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) project. Henry Mibei, Manager, Digital Development, Africa, and Gideon Abegunrin, Data Policy Analyst, conducted the training for more than 30 people from 10 different organizations including the…
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