‘Have confidence in your abilities and do not let anyone extinguish your dream’
As part of UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we turn the focus on CABIās own female scientists to highlight the invaluable work they contribute towards our mission of helping smallholder farmers grow more and lose less to crop pests and diseases. Here we find out more about Idah Mugambi ā a…
āSowing the seedsā of growth and poverty alleviation is the sweet smile of success for smallholder farmers
Improving agricultural productivity in African smallholder farming is a critical outcome in the pathway to growth and poverty alleviation, according to Dr Monica Kansiime who is intent on helping the continent improve the sustainability of its seed production.
Shared expertise helps plans for Pakistan to produce over 5,000 tons of organic cotton by end of year
CABI Central and West Asia brought together 30 farmers from the Barkhan and Lasbella districts of Balochistan to share expertise which will help plans for Pakistan to produce more than 5,000 tons of organic cotton by the end of the year.
Adapting to a warming world
As countries around the world consider how to ābuild back betterā after the impacts of Covid-19, tackling climate change and shifting economies towards low-carbon pathways has played a prominent part in many policy discussions. But, to truly build back better, developing resilience to the impacts of climate change is also of paramount importance.
CABI Blog Most Read 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, we have crunched the numbers and compiled the top 20 most read articles on the CABI Blog this year. Plus a few firm favourites. Articles by CABI Books authors proved popular this year, as well as CABI’s work in Pakistan. Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 and related topics were popular reads this…
Opening up agricultural research and data: What does āopen agricultureā mean for international development organizations?
Welcome to the third and final blog of this series. CABI recently hosted a webinar on Opening up agricultural research and data with a great panel of expert speakers who highlighted some of the many opportunities inherent in āopen agricultureā (click here to view the webinar). In the first blog of the series, I looked…
Opening up agricultural research and data: Considering āopen agricultureā from the researchersā point of view
Welcome to the second blog of this series. CABI recently hosted a webinar on Opening up agricultural research and data with a great panel of expert speakers who highlighted some of the many opportunities inherent in āopen agricultureā (click here to view the webinar). In the first blog of the series, I looked at how…
Opening up agricultural research and data: How do funders and the corporate sector see the potential of āopen agricultureā?
We all know that the worldās growing population will need more and better food, from less farmable land, being produced by fewer farmers, in a far more volatile and changing climate. A more efficient and equitable agricultural system, in harmony with the environment, requires a step-change in how research is conducted andāÆhow its outputs and…
CABI-published book sheds new light on plant invasions
The CABI-published book āPlant Invasions: The Role of Biotic Interactionsā is the first to focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions and is now available to buy in hardback and ePDF/ePub formats from the CABI Bookshop.
Building work starts on Pakistanās first commercial facility to produce a biocontrol product for maize
Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd has begun building an AflaPakTM dedicated laboratory and production facility in Faisalabad which will be the first commercial facility in Pakistan for manufacturing a biocontrol product for the countryās maize sector.