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Support of Liveability Challenge 2022 highlights CABI’s commitment to sustainability
August 17, 2022
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CABI helps farmers tackle global issues like poverty, hunger, education, equality, sustainability, climate change and biodiversity by sharing knowledge and science, writes Neil Willsher, CABI’s Global Director, Value Chain & Trade.
New CABI-led study highlights institutional and policy bottlenecks to Integrated Pest Management in Africa
August 1, 2022
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A new publication led by CABI has highlighted institutional and policy bottlenecks to using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to fight a range of potentially devastating crop pests in Africa.
CABI shares expertise in digital extension and advisory services at FAO workshop
July 26, 2022
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CABI has shared its expertise in digital agricultural and advisory services for smallholder farmers as part of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)-led capacity building workshop.
CABI contributes to infographic revealing impacts of COVID-19 on farm households in Pakistan
May 25, 2022
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CABI has contributed to new research findings in an infographic from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which reveals the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farm households in Pakistan.
International Day for Biological Diversity: the rising threat of invasive species
May 20, 2022
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On Sunday 22 May 2022 the world celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity – a day in which the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world.
Doctor turned science journalist launches first newspaper of its kind
March 8, 2022
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Meet Syriacus Buguzi – a pioneering medical doctor turned science journalist from Tanzania. He is making the headlines after spawning the first Swahili language science and technology newspaper, MwanaSayansi.
High-level discussion hears of ‘devastating scenario’ for global food system
November 30, 2021
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A high-level discussion, which explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security for millions of people around the world, has revealed how hikes in oil prices, conflicts, emerging diseases, poor governance, and disruption in supply chains have come together to create a potentially ‘devastating scenario’ for the global food system. An online panel hosted…
Digital extension and advisory services for farmers amid COVID-19 come under the microscope
November 12, 2021
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The challenges of using digital tools as part of extension and advisory services to help empower small and family farmers amid the COVID-19 pandemic have come under the microscope in a joint webinar hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agrilink.
Life in Earth – Soil microbes are key to achieving net zero
November 10, 2021
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CABI contributes to COP26-focused article by members of UK microbiome innovation community, on critical role of soil microbiome in achieving net zero. Today, CABI, and other members of the UK’s microbiome innovation community announced the publication of a COP26-focused statement on the critical role of the soil microbiome in climate change and how it could contribute…
CABI UK and Nagoya Protocol triggered benefit sharing highlighted
October 26, 2021
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Following the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), CABI has published a working paper highlighting its benefit sharing activities in respect of its research involving genetic resources at its UK Centre Egham and through activities of the CABI-IMI Culture Collection in Egham, UK.
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