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Participatory video helps Zambian women get to grips with sustainable management of fall armyworm pest
September 3, 2024
Wayne Coles
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CABI has been busy facilitating a participatory video training to help Zambian women at the forefront of the fight against the devastating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) better get to grips with the pest that threatens their livelihoods and food security.
CABI works with partners to develop simplified manual of KS 1758: Horticulture Code of Practice for Kenya
August 20, 2024
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CABI has worked in partnership to help develop a simplified manual outlining with illustrations the details of the KS 1758: Horticulture Code of Practice for Kenya which is aimed at enabling more farmers to produce safe food.
Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness course launched by the CABI Academy
August 15, 2024
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The CABI Academy, an online learning platform that addresses a range of agricultural challenges faced by smallholder farmers around the world, has launched a new free short course on Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness.
Importance of MaDiPHS Data Catalogue highlighted as a key resource towards greater FAIR data in agriculture
August 14, 2024
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The importance of the Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) Data Catalogue has been highlighted as a key resource towards greater FAIR data in the agricultural sector at a workshop attended by various stakeholders in Malawi.
CABI Academy launches Digital Skills Training Materials to develop digital skills amongst smallholder farmers
August 5, 2024
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CABI Academy, a learning platform that addresses a range of agricultural challenges faced by smallholder farmers, has launched Digital Skills Training Materials. The pack can be used to develop skills of others within the rural community such as agro extension workers and plant doctors. The pack is freely available worldwide. It contains resources such as…
What needs to be done to improve the uptake of biological control?
July 10, 2024
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The Third International Congress of Biological Control (ICBC3) held recently in San José, Costa Rica, saw world experts in safer-to-use and more sustainable biological control products gather to share their very latest knowledge and research.
Webinar series investigates greater use of biopesticides to combat crop pests and diseases in Caribbean
July 3, 2024
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CABI has facilitated a webinar series which investigated the prospect for greater utilization of biopesticides for combating potentially devastating crop pests and diseases affecting livelihoods and food security in the Caribbean. The webinars followed a visit to Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago last year by Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, to strengthen strategic partnerships.…
CABI’s very own certified drone pilot takes flight to strengthen partnerships for precision crop pest control
June 19, 2024
Wayne Coles
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The sky’s the limit for Violet Ochieng, CABI’s very own KCAA-Certified drone pilot, who visited the UK from Kenya to help strengthen partnerships for greater use of drone technology for precision crop pest management. Ms Ochieng, Research Officer – Drone Technology, based at CABI’s regional centre for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, met colleagues from the…
CABI empowers youth to transform agriculture and contribute to greater food security in Kenya and Uganda
May 24, 2024
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Meet smallholder farmer James Muliasi, a resident of Kanye It Village in Njoro Sub County, Kenya, who has emerged as a champion for agricultural development in his community thanks to training received by CABI together with a range of partners.
Giving fungi a place at the table
April 23, 2024
Wayne Coles
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A Darwin Initiative project, which began in June 2023, is concerned with the real, big and challenging impact of fungal diversity loss on the livelihoods of millions of rural women in Sub-Saharan Africa. CABI is one of a number of partners including the Matobo Conservation Society (Zimbabwe), and the Permaculture Association (UK), who are engaging…
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