From local action to national impact: Pakistan’s emerging OECM story
Pakistan is exploring new ways to protect biodiversity beyond traditional protected areas, with local communities playing a vital role. Through sustainable land management and collaborative conservation efforts, these initiatives highlight the potential of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) to safeguard ecosystems, strengthen climate resilience, and support livelihoods across the country.
International Day for Biological Diversity: Why local action matters
Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026, this blog explores how CABI is supporting locally led, science-based action to restore ecosystems, manage invasive species, and protect biodiversity worldwide.
Regional knowledge exchange advances pesticide risk reduction in Ethiopia
Across Ethiopia, smallholder farmers continue to face growing pressure from pests that threaten horticulture production, incomes, and food security. In response, many rely heavily on chemical pesticides, sometimes as the only available option. How do we shift from short-term pest control to long-term resilience? Increasingly, the solution lies in pesticide risk reduction approaches like Integrated…
Why data stewardship matters for understanding crop loss
CABI is strengthening data stewardship to improve how crop loss data is managed, shared and used. Through the GBCL and EDA projects, this work embeds FAIR principles, resolves data challenges, and supports the production of reliable, accessible evidence to inform decision-making on global crop loss.
Closing the gaps: Food safety and women’s empowerment in Uganda’s agrifood policies
A study recently published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems examines the connection between food safety and gender in Uganda’s agrifood policies. The research, led by CABI scientists and supported by CABI’s PlantwisePlus programme and AWARD, highlights how food safety is critical to public health, economic stability, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, agrifood…
Reaching 1,000 farmers with plant health advice in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Fast-paced pest outbreaks and plant diseases are a constant threat to farmers’ crops and livelihoods in Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Without timely training and advice by extension officers, farmers miss out on critical knowledge to combat these threats. To help close this information gap, agricultural extension teams tried a new approach by taking plant…
Transforming women’s empowerment in agrifood systems
Women in agrifood systems are essential. They constitute over 50% of the agricultural workforce (FAO, 2023), with roles throughout the food value chain supporting the production of over half of the world’s food. However, studies show that they produce 20-30% less than men. As a marginalized group, they face unequal control of and access to resources. If male-female differences in access and yields were overcome, the number of undernourished…
CABI supports Kenya’s Apple Mango entry into the UK market
As shoppers in the United Kingdom prepared for Christmas celebrations in December 2025, a new fruit from Kenya quietly made history. The country shipped its first‑ever consignment of Kenya’s Apple Mango variety to the UK. This landmark achievement demonstrated Kenya’s ability to meet the UK’s stringent market requirements and also highlighted the wider economic opportunities…
Discover Imperial’s master’s on sustainable agriculture, supported by CABI
Around 828 million people still face hunger, and 3.1 billion cannot afford a healthy diet. Without transforming how food is produced and consumed, the world risks missing Sustainable Development Goal 2 , ending hunger and promoting sustainable agriculture, by 2030. At the same time, global food demand is projected to increase by up to 70%…
AIRCA members stress value of partnership for global food systems transformation
As global development financing tightens and Official Development Assistance declines, leaders of six major international agricultural research organizations convened under the AIRCA platform to chart a more coordinated and ambitious path – one that strengthens partnerships and delivers practical solutions for farmers, communities, and governments. The two-day strategic meeting, held on 27–28 January 2026 at…