The Cost of Pakistanâs Floods
IPCC Highlights Urgent Need for Greater Political Will Over Climate Change Readiness The last 2 weeks have seen the worst floods in Kashmir for almost 50 years. In Pakistan alone, more than 250 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. The waters currently extend well into the countryâs most populous province, Punjab…
CABI Switzerland Scientists take home WSSA Award
Selected for their contribution to the Outstanding Paper in Invasive Plant Science and Management 2014, two CABI scientists took home this prestigious award at the Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting in Vancouver. The event was held jointly with the Canadian Weed Science Society (CWSS) between 3-6 February 2014. Dr Hariet Hinz (left) and…
âLand Belongs to the Future, Letâs Climate Proof Itâ â World Day to Combat Desertification 2014
June 17 has been designated by the United Nations as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD). The slogan of this year’s WDCD is ‘Land Belongs to the Future, Letâs Climate Proof Itâ, which aims to âhighlight the benefits of mainstreaming sustainable land management policies and practices into our collective response to climate changeâ. The…
Stakeholders recommend solution to challenges in Ghanaâs citrus industry
CABI recently attanded a workshop to avert the total collapse of the citrus industry in Ghana. Along with other organizations, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is looking for CABI to create innovation platforms to help improve the country's citrus industry. Stakeholders are most concerned about 'angular leaf spot' disease on which CABI has been asked to create guides.
Celebrating International Biodiversity Day!
22 May is International Biodiversity Day! This year, the theme is Island Biodiversity which was chosen to coincide with the UN's International Year of Small Island Developing States. Islands and their surrounding seas are unique. They ae often made up of many plant and animal species that are endemicâfound nowhere else on Earth. The legacy of a unique…
CABI announces ICM Master’s programme on Swiss TV
CABI Switzerland's Andre Gassmann (left) joins Professor Ted Turlings on national television station Canal Alpha to announce the first ever Master's degree in the Swiss Canton of Jura. The degree will focus on Integrated Crop Managment (ICM) and provide an opportunity for students from around the world to study with experts while based at the…
World Water Day 2014
World Water Day (WWD) is held annually on 22 March as a means of focussing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This yearâs theme for WWD on Saturday is âwater and energyâ, to collectively bring attention to the water-energy relationship, highlighting the 768 million people that…
International Womenâs Day 2014: Women in agriculture
by Rachel Hill with contributions from Abigail Rumsey, Claire Curry, Emily Palmer and LĂ©na Durocher-Granger. For over a century countries globally have celebrated International Womenâs Day as a day to reflect on the role of women in society. In honor of International Womenâs Day 2014 we are giving a special focus to women in agriculture.…
World NGO Day – 27 February
February 27th 2014 was World NGO Day. It was marked by an international conference held in Helsinki, Finland, across the 27th-28th February entitled âYour NGO day: a generation of new NGOsâ. The conference agenda reflected some of the roles and values of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with speakers covering health, education, social welfare and the empowerment…
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
Did you know that there are 1.5 billion people worldwide who are estimated to be involved in family farming? The United Nations has declared 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) to recognize the importance of family farming in reducing poverty and improving global food security. So what is family farming?