How crop-livestock clinics help strengthen One Health partnerships in Uganda

Joint livestock-plant health clinic in Uganda
Joint crop-livestock clinics in Uganda are bringing agricultural, veterinary and other specialists together to improve farmer support, strengthen cross-sector partnerships and promote a practical One Health approach.
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The next chapter for Africa’s food systems isn’t inventing solutions. It’s scaling them

Across Africa, many of the solutions needed to strengthen food security, resilience and livelihoods exist. Yet knowledge only creates impact when it reaches the people and institutions who can use it. The priority now is scaling proven solutions so they can deliver impact where it is needed most. This was the consistent message from the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026.
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How ASEAN countries work together to strengthen plant health and protect agriculture

Trainees inspect the base of a banana plant for pests and diseases during field surveillance training
 Regional collaboration across Southeast Asia is vital to manage biosecurity risks. Discover how networks like ASEANET and ARDN help countries strengthen plant health, share diagnostic expertise, and protect agricultural trade.
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Beneficial insects released against mango mealybug establish in Burundi orchards

Collecting parasitoids from an infested mango tree in Burundi
Field monitoring in Burundi confirms that mass-released parasitoids are successfully establishing in mango orchards, providing long-term biological control against the invasive mango mealybug and helping farmers secure healthier harvests.
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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…
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Discover Imperial’s master’s on sustainable agriculture, supported by CABI

CABI scientist in field examining crops
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%…
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Pesticide risk reduction supports sustainable food systems – here’s how

Female farmer in Ghana with her tomato crop in hand.
Reducing pesticide risks protects farmers, consumers, and the environment. On World Food Day, CABI highlights how safer, science-based pest management supports sustainable food systems and strengthens food security.
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Identifying future One Health research needs to benefit people, animals, plants and environment

Participants from more than 48 countries have gathered in a series of workshops to discuss future One Health research priorities to inform research that will benefit people, animals, plants and the environment. One Health is a multi-sectoral approach aimed to optimize the health of humans, livestock, plants, and the ecosystems they share. “The interdependencies between these…
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CABI hosts soil information systems workshop in Ghana 

CABI and its project partners, ISRIC — World Soil Information, and Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Soil Research Institute (CSIR-SRI), recently held a 2-day soil information systems workshop at the Capital View Hotel, Koforidua, Ghana.
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Webinar series investigates greater use of biopesticides to combat crop pests and diseases in Caribbean

Daniel Elger, CABI's CEO, visits a mobile plant clinic in Jamaica
CABI has facilitated a webinar series which investigated the prospect for greater utilization of biopesticides for combating potentially devastating crop pests and diseases affecting livelihoods and food security in the Caribbean. The webinars followed a visit to Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago last year by Dr Daniel Elger, CABI CEO, to strengthen strategic partnerships.…
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