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Sowing the seeds of success: How CABI and Better Cotton are transforming cotton farming in Pakistan
October 7, 2025
Wayne Coles
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CABI’s ongoing partnership with the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is paying dividends in helping to transform agricultural practices in Pakistan’s cotton sector. This article highlights the progress of this work as part of World Cotton Day today (Tuesday 7 October 20205).
A new beginning for green plant protection in Pakistan: Biopesticides registrations
September 22, 2025
Saqib Ali
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CABI, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) hosted an event in Islamabad to celebrate the launch of registration of biopesticides in Pakistan.
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
Wayne Coles
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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
Wayne Coles
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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.
How can we make smallholder farming more sustainable, safer and secure to feed a growing world?
September 3, 2025
Wayne Coles
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This year’s Africa Food Systems Summit 2025, in Dakar, Senegal, focuses on Africa’s youth and how they can lead collaboration, innovation, and the implementation of agri-food systems transformation for a stronger and more resilient food value chain.
Regenerative agriculture highlighted as a transformative approach to ecological farming and soil recovery
August 22, 2025
Wayne Coles
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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.
Empowering future young scientists: Reflections from CABI’s Summer Internship Programme in Pakistan
August 11, 2025
Saqib Ali
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CABI’s Summer Internship Programme for 2025 in Pakistan has helped 30 young future scientists, from universities across the country, further their understanding of sustainable crop pest management for greater food security.
Empowering the next generation: Strategies for youth-inclusive agricultural training and engagement
August 7, 2025
Deogratius Magero
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Ahead of International Youth Day on Tuesday 12 August 2025, Deogratius J. Magero, CABI’s Youth Manager, outlines seven key strategies – drawing from CABI’s Youth Engagement Strategy – to help ensure agricultural training and engagement are truly youth inclusive.
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