CABI

30/12/2024

🌍✨🤝Thanks to your support in 2024, we've made a real impact. Together, let's keep improving lives worldwide!

28/12/2024

👩‍🌾🌾🐛 We believe women should have access to more meaningful roles and work in agriculture. To do this, we need to shift gender norms.

➡️ Learn more: http://ow.ly/qck550OHAj6

27/12/2024

Spongy moths are invasive pests in the US and Canada. Their caterpillars eat tree leaves, causing significant damage. 🌳

There are three main subspecies:

🐛European
🐛Asian
🐛Japanese

Learn to identify pests and use biological control methods.👇

https://ow.ly/VkI450SFTxI

27/12/2024

🐛Alfred's secret to battling the papaya mealybug? Parasitic wasps!

These natural predators thrive in Alfred's Natural Enemies Field Reservoir, reducing pest populations without the need for harmful pesticides.

Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/lvHG50UvcF3

27/12/2024

Can a simple fixture make classical biocontrol more effective?🪲🐞🐛

Natural enemies field reservoirs consist of a roof over trays. They are installed on farms to help cultivate natural predators of pests.

We explored how these low-cost, sustainable structure can help fight the papaya mealybug in Kenya.

Learn more 👉https://ow.ly/yGGz50Uv5gb

27/12/2024

Fruit flies damage crops by feeding on ripening fruit, making it inedible. In Bangladesh, 70% of mangoes are at risk.🪰🥭

Managing these pests is costly but crucial!
https://ow.ly/ieJa50UtULc

26/12/2024

Fruit fly pests have many species. Key ones include:

🪰 Mediterranean fruit fly
🪰 Mexican fruit fly
🪰 Oriental fruit fly

These species cause major economic damage.
https://ow.ly/rvR750UtCFi

26/12/2024

🥗🌍🌾How do we address rising food demand, combat climate change, and ensure agricultural resilience?

Learn how Climate Smart Agriculture offers a solution to tackle all three challenges together 👉

Climate Smart Agriculture aims to address three challenges faced by farmers: increase production, increase resilience, and reduce emissions

26/12/2024

Biopesticides are vital for sustainable farming, but outdated regulations slow adoption. Here’s how to change that:

✅ Train Experts: Speed up approvals.
✅ Support Local Production: Lower costs & ensure supply.
✅ Harmonise Regulations: Ease trade barriers.

🔗https://ow.ly/c96i50UryHA

25/12/2024

The invasive Box tree moth is spreading worldwide. 🦋

Our CABI scientists, partnering with Canadian researchers, have updated a model to predict its spread in North America.

Learn more 👉

CABI scientists have led research with collaborations from the University of Toronto and University of Guelph, both in Canada, to update a model which predicts the future spread of the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in North America. The research, published in the journal PlosOne, shows how t...

25/12/2024

🌾 Spodoptera frugiperda is a big problem for cereal crops! A study in Burkina Faso found that this pest caused around 22% yield loss in maize.

These findings can help improve pest control strategies in the area.

Read more: https://ow.ly/kY0850SR2jc

24/12/2024

Botrytis cinerea, a contagious grey mould, infects crops both indoors and outdoors.🦠

Despite its adaptability to various climates and resistance to fungicides, biological controls offer promising solutions supported by scientific research.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/9nmv50UvaIk

24/12/2024

Diamondback moth larvae damage crops, causing major yield losses.
They:
🐛 Stunt growth
🐛 Reduce yields
🐛 Affect broccoli, cauliflower, and canola

Learn more 👇
https://ow.ly/kHIc50UrzHQ

24/12/2024

🕷️ Red spider mites are challenging to identify due to their small size and similar crop impacts.

Here are the 4 types to look out for:

1️⃣ European Spider Mite

2️⃣ Southern Spider Mite

3️⃣ Spruce Spider Mite

4️⃣ Two-Spotted Spider Mite

Learn more 👉 https://ow.ly/1Ssp50Uv9Vs

23/12/2024

Himalayan Balsam's vibrant pink blooms adorn UK waterways.🌸🌸🌸🌸

Yet this prolific invader is threatening native biodiversity, increasing the risk of erosion and flooding on riverbanks.

How can the spread be stopped?

Find out here 👉 https://ow.ly/LQIc50Uvb9P?

23/12/2024

The fall armyworm, originally from the Americas, has spread worldwide and destroys crops like corn and grasses, causing billions in damage each year. 🐛

Learn how to identify and manage this pest with biological control methods.

https://ow.ly/p0Jm50Uv720

23/12/2024

Root-knot nematodes damage plant roots and reduce crop yields. A recent IITA report shows they are threatening plantain crops. 🪱🌱

Biological controls offer eco-friendly ways to manage these pests.
https://ow.ly/gX1a50UtCjJ

20/12/2024

Fruit flies damage fruits and vegetables worldwide, especially mangoes in Bangladesh, causing major losses. 🍋🪰

Learn how to identify, monitor, and control these pests.
https://ow.ly/oypq50UswI4

©Piero Cravedi/Bugwood.org