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Projects, programmes and initiatives in addressing priority areas and issues identified at three Regional Consultation meetings 2012-2013

Following on from the consultation meetings in 2012-2013, CABI derived SEVEN priority areas (including three cross-cutting ones) by matching CABI’s capabilities and perceived donors’ priorities, with the priority areas and issues identified by all three consultation meetings:

Priority areas Priority issues

Trade and market access and development SPS compliance; Value-chain focus and postharvest value-addition; GAP and best practices promulgation, and capacity building; Commercialization and contract farming.

Knowledge management, communication and use Technology transfer (particularly amongst member countries, and south-south); Sharing knowledge amongst stakeholder groups including youth and grassroots (Facebook Agriculture); Mobile advisory services; Improving communications to farmers; Evidence-based policies.

Archiving and managing institutional research information.

Plant health Managing a range of stressors including pests (IPM), water, and soil nutrients; IPM in high value crops; reduction in pesticide inputs; early warning systems for newly emerged/key pests & diseases.

Biodiversity and invasive species management Invasive management; Capacity building of IS identification and diagnostics; habitat manipulation/agro-biodiversity enrichment

Microbial resource collection, characterization and utilization; Development and production of biopesticides, and implications of biopesticides use.

Cross-cutting:

• Climate smart agriculture

• Institutional capacity building

• Publication of, and access to, authoritative information resources

The table below summarises CABI’s projects, programmes and initiatives in addressing these seven priority areas since 2013. Some are already completed, some are ongoing and some are forthcoming and in our pipeline.

FocusFinished Initiatives/ Programmes/Projects (July 2012-December 2014)

Current Initiatives/Programmes/Project (January 2015 – to date/Ongoing)

Proposed New Initiatives/Programmes/Projects

1. Trade and market access and development

SPS compliance; Value-chain focus and postharvest value-addition; GAP and best practices promulgation, and capacity building; Commercialization and contract farming.

1. Market access/value chain support

Supply Chain Improvement Agri & Livestock (SCMU; Asia; Pakistan)

Skills for Market (PSDF; Asia; Pakistan)

SPS horticulture in Ghana (NL MoFA; Africa; Ghana)

Boosting coffee productivity in Kenya and Malawi (ACP; Africa; Malawi) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32733

Organic waste and fish farming (DFID; Africa; Ghana)

Better Cotton Fast Track Program - SANGHAR (Better cotton fast track programme; Asia; Pakistan)

Breaking Barriers, Facilitating Trade (STDF/COMESA; Africa; Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Malawi)

Collaboration with partners e.g Campden BRI

Engaging with youth for the cocoa sector (ICCO; Africa, Asia; Indonesia, Ivory coast, Nigeria)

Connecting Agriculture Value Chain in Tripura (Gov of Tripura, India; Asia; India)

2. SPS compliance and capacity building

Establishment of plant and animal quarantine services and facilities in Brunei Darussalam (Brunei Gov; Asia; Brunei Darussalam)

Beyond Compliance (STDF; Asia; Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam)

Increasing Sustainability of European Forests (EU; Europe; EU, China)

Pathway Evaluation and pest Management in Transport - PERMIT (SER; Europe)

Development of Manuals to Support Phytosanitary Capacity (FAO; Africa; Regional)

PMI Oriental Tobacco Agronomy Program (Alliance one Tutun A.S; Europe; Turkey)

Phytosanitary capacity building strategy for Africa (STDF; Africa)

Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (cooperative research centre for national plant biosecurity; Asia; Cambodia)

Nipping pests in the bud - supporting Ugandan floriculture (STDF; Africa; Uganda) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33096

Ensuring Pakistan’s agricultural trade is healthy (USDA APHIS; Asia; Pakistan) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32870

Improving SPS training and knowledge sharing in cocoa (STDF; Asia; Malaysia, Indonesia) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32840

Ensuring Pakistan’s agricultural trade is healthy (USDA APHIS; Asia; Pakistan) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32870

Phytosanitary Risk Management Project (USDA; Asia; Pakistan)

Biosecurity planning for the oil palm industry (Malaysian oil palm board; Asia; Malaysia) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32749

Evaluating and managing the pathways of pest introductions through trade (Plant protection service NL; Europe; Netherlands) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33049

Development of real time diagnostic tools for quarantine diseases (Commercial client, oil palm pollen SE Asia)

Need based interventions for facilitating compliance (STDF; Asia; India)

Risks to cocoa (CAOBISCO; Europe; UK)

Madagascar Biosecurity Project (QLD Gov; Africa; Madagascar)

3. GAP capacity building

Cotton husbandry - modular knowledge toolkits (CDF; Asia; Pakistan)

Implementation of GAP at Allai, District Batagram (Welthungerhilfe (WHH); Asia; Pakistan)

Capacity building of farmers in implementing good agriculture practices for better cotton in Sindh- Pakistan

Capacity building for Good agriculture practice in rice fields starting from soil management to post harvest including irrigation (PI Industries; Asia; India)

Promoting sustainable tea production in India (Unilever; Asia; India) www.cabi.org/projects/project/44321

Better cotton in Pakistan (IKEA, Better cotton initiative; Asia; Pakistan)




4. Post-harvest/processing technologies

Guaranteeing credit to coffee farmers in Ethiopia and Rwanda (CFC; Africa; Ethiopia and Rwanda) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32826

Producing more by wasting less (Gates; Africa; Ghana, Tanzania) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33055

Pilot Study to determine the entry points of Aflatoxins (SAFANSI) (World bank; Asia; Pakistan)

5. Value addition

Institutionalization of Quality Assurance Mechanism and Dissemination of Top Quality Commercial Products to Increase Crop Yields and Improve Food Security of Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (GATES; Africa; regional)

6. Animal welfare and livestock management

Insects as feed (SDC; Africa; Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana)

7. Access to finance

RABO bank credit guarantee scheme (RIAS; Africa; Rwanda, Ethiopia)




2. Knowledge management, communication and use

Technology transfer (particularly amongst member countries, and south-south); Sharing knowledge amongst stakeholder groups including youth and grassroots (Facebook Agriculture); Mobile advisory services; Improving communications to farmers; Evidence- based policies.

[Africa & Americas and the Caribbean: Archiving and managing institutional research information.]

1. Mobile agro-advisory services

CafeMovel: Mobile Telephony enabled Coffee Extension Services (Coffee board of India; Asia; Albania, India)

Mobile pilot for cocoa (AfDB; Africa; Ghana)

mNutrition: Addressing hidden hunger through mobile messaging (DFID; Africa, Asia; Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia) www.cabi.org/projects/project/44333

Direct2Farm (DFID; Asia, Africa; India, Kenya) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32881

mFarmer: Providing Kenya’s farmers with agricultural information via mobile (GSMA; Africa; Kenya) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33024

mKisan – a mobile-based agricultural advisory service (GSMA; Asia; Afghanistan, India) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33029

2. Open access to information resources and platforms

Animal Health compendium (AU-IBAR; Africa)

Opening Veterinary Access to Literature (OVAL) (JISC; Worldwide)

DANIDA Research Portal

Global Veterinary Drug Residue Avoidance Knowledge System (STDF; Worldwide; UK, USA)

CEIL-PEAKS Evidence on Demand Website Extension Phase (DFID; Worldwide; UK)

Toolkits for invasive plants in East Africa (JRS Biodiversity Foundation; Africa; Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda) www.cabi.org/projects/project/45100

Invasive species compendium Plantwise knowledge bank www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/home.aspx

UK Science Directory (UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Europe; UK)

Systematic reviews:

1. What is the evidence that invasives cause extinction of species listed as endangered, threatened or candidate species and species proposed for listing in the USA? (USDA-NISC)

2. What is the evidence of invasives causing extinction of IUCN critically endangered species? (USDA-NISC)

3. What are the impacts of agricultural input subsidies on productivity, farm incomes, consumer welfare and wider growth in low income countries? (DFID)

Systematic Review - Farmer Outcomes

R4D (Research for Development) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33062

Centre for Agricultural Informatics and Sustainability Metrics (Innovate UK; Worldwide)

3. Open data initiatives

Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership Making agriculture and nutrition data open and searchable (USDA, CTA, CGIAR, DFID; FAO; GFAR; Worldwide) www.cabi.org/projects/project/44726

GODAN – working with Member Countries – encouraging engagement with GODAN principles

Open Data environment for ISC - USDA –NISC, Netherlands

4. Institutional knowledge management and sharing

Web-based Agriculture Health and Food Safety System Roadmap (OECS; Caribbean; Trinidad)

CTA Knowledge for Development: Compilation of Folders (CTA; Europe; Netherlands, UK)

Provision of International Plant Sentinel Network (FERA; Worldwide; UK)

Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering - Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems (BMBF; Asia; Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam)

RUFORUM collaboration on privileged access to CABI products (CDF)




5. Production capacity building

Canton Jura Higher Education Support (Canton of Jura; Europe; Switzerland)

Strengthened knowledge and research capacity to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and food security (DEVCO; Asia; DPRK)

Implementation of BAP & ICM through TOF & FFS Approach for Sustainable Fruits & Vegetables Production in Punjab (Gov of Punjab; Asia; Pakistan)

Farmer Field Schools in Chakhama Valley (AKDN; Asia; Pakistan)

Watershed and Rangeland Training (AKF; Asia; Pakistan)

Going Green: Empowering Communities towards sustainable agriculture (EC DEVCO; Asia; Sri Lanka)

Training of facilitators and farmer field school Vegetable and Seed Production (AKF; Asia; Pakistan Productivity under Sindh On Farm Water Management Program (world bank; Asia; Pakistan)

Capacity building for sustainable weed management (DFID; Asia; India)

6. Good seed initiative

Farmer-led Seed Enterprises on African indigenous species (ASARECA; Africa; Kenya, Tanzania)

Upscaling the Production of Priority African Vegetables (ASARECA; Africa; Kenya, Uganda)

Seed Systems - Improving Seed Quality for Smallholders (USAID; Africa; Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)

Good seed in Tanzania (SDC, Irish Aid; Asia, Africa; Bangladesh, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia) Promoting good seed in Tanzania www.cabi.org/projects/project/32994

7. Development communications

ICT based services for Agriculture Extension (DFID; Asia; Pakistan)

Optimizing Fertilizer Recommendations for Africa (OFRA) (AGRA; Africa; various) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32740

African soil health (BMGF; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32736

Information materials for enhancing public awareness activities for biosafety (GEF; Asia; India)

Develop and use innovative and complementary communication approaches to scale-up improved legume technologies and establish sustainable input supply systems (IDRC; Africa; Tanzania)

Information Knowledge Exchange Facility (DFID; Africa; Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)

Up-scaling interactive ICT to increase uptake of agricultural innovations (IFAD/USAID; Africa; Tanzania)

8. Nutrition

mNutrition: Addressing hidden hunger through mobile messaging (DFID; Africa, Asia; Bangladesh, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania) www.cabi.org/projects/project/44333

Pilot Project on Nutrition Smart Agriculture by Capacity Building of Tribal Women for Establishing Nutrition Gardens and Cost Effective Interventions in Tripura (Min of Dev of North Eastern Region; Asia; India)




3. Plant healthManaging a range of stressors including pests (IPM), water, and soil nutrients; IPM in high value crops; reduction in pesticide inputs; early warning systems for newly emerged/key pests & diseases

1. Plantwise

Plantwise (DFID, Irish AID, OFID,SIDA, ABD,DEVCO, Dow Agro sciences, PepsiCo, USDA, SDC, FORMIN; Worldwide) www.plantwise.org

Linkage of microbial ID service with Plantwise Diagnostic Clinic

Establishment of Bio Control Lab in Badam Bagh- Kabul, Afghanistan (National Horticulture and livestock; Asia; Afghanistan)

New advanced Plant Pathology training course for Plantwise at Egham

2. Integrated pest management

Accelerated breeding of black rot resistant brassicas for the benefit of east African smallholders (EC DG research and innovation; Africa; Kenya; Tanzania, UK)

Coffee Green Scales in Papua New Guinea: highland Arabica coffee and yield loss (ACIAR; Oceania; Papua New Guinea)

Rehabilitating Cocoa for Improved Livelihoods in the South Pacific (ACIAR; Pacific; Vanuatu)Safe and Affordable Armyworm Control Tools (DFID; Africa; Kenya, Tanzania)

Sustainable potato pest management in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region (ADA; Asia; Pakistan) Development of Bacterial &Fungal disease Identification & Management on Agricultural Crops & Ornamental Plants (Brunei Gov.; Asia; Brunei)

Arming DPR Korea’s farmers with tools to tackle soil pests (DEVCO; Asia; DPRK) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32884

Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens (EC DR research and innovation; Europe)

Protecting leeks and onions from pests (AAFC; N.America; Canada) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32726

Biological control of brown marmorated stink bug (AAFC, Asia, China) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32727

Breeding Invertebrates for Next Generation Bio control (EC DG Research and innovation; Europe; Switzerland)

Improved management strategies for expanding cocoa pod borer infestations in Papua New Guinea (ACIAR; Oceania; Papua, New Guinea)

Management of Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease in Africa (ASARECA; Africa; Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)

Increasing rice production around the Mekong (EC DEVCO; Asia; China, Laos, Myanmar) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33074

Improving the livelihoods of smallholder maize farmers around the Mekong (EC DEVCO; Asia; China, Laos, Myanmar) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33017

Biological Control of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (AAFC, Asia, China)

Biocontrol of Western Flower Thrips in strawberries (HDC; Europe; UK)

Ecocane: A green approach to pest control in sugarcane (ACP secretariat; Africa; Madagascar, Cote d’Ivoire)

3. Integrated crop management

DPR Korea Integrated Crop Management (SDC; Asia; DPRK)

DPR Korea Integrated Crop Management (SDC; Asia; DPRK) Improved Agroforestry plant protection capacity on sloping land. (SDC; Asia; DPRK)




4. Early detection, surveillance and rapid response

Workshop on Diagnostics of Pest Nematodes in Thailand (AANZFTA, Asia, Thailand)

Guideline for Cocoa Pests & Diseases (Mars; Latin America; Costa Rica)

Pest and disease warning system (Innovate UK; Europe; UK)

Survey for entomopathogenic fungi of the Red Palm Mite (DFID; Caribbean; Trindad and Tobago)

Surveys for Natural Enemies of Bagrada Bug (USDA; Asia; Pakistan)

Review of IPM for Frosty Pod Rot and Witches Broom in Cocoa

Review of major pests of China in context of remote sensing (Newton Agri-Tech Fund; China) Modelling for South American tomato leafminer and groundnut leafminer (Feed the future; Asia, Africa)

Development of Early Detection and Rapid Response actions for pest and disease incursions into African sugarcane (ACP secretariat; Africa; Keany, Mauritius, South Africa)

UK Centre for Crop Health and Protection (Innovate UK; Worldwide; UK)

5. Capacity building

Natural Enemies for Farmer field school (Min of food production, Trinidad and Tobago; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago)

Nematology capacity building in east and southern Africa (Gatsby charitable foundation; Africa; Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

Rational Pesticide Use Training in DPRK (SDC; Asia; DPRK)

Rational Pesticide Use (RPU) Training (COLTABACO; Latin America; Colombia)

Transferring crop protection technology from China to Rwanda (DFID; Africa and Asia; Rwanda, China) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32743

Australia-Africa plant biosecurity partnership (ACIAR; Arica, Oceania; Australia, Kenya) www.cabi.org/projects/project/ 44312

Partnership with DPR Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture (EC DEVCO; Asia; DPRK) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32903

Africa-Britain-China (ABC) Agricultural Technology Research Collaborations for International Development Scoping Study (DFID; Africa, Asia, Europe; UK, China)

6. Biopesticides

Biopesticide Efficacy Consultancy (COLEACP-PIP; Africa; Kenya)

Development of a Cold Tolerant Biopesticide (NERC; Europe; UK)

Biopesticide Study Tours (SDC; Asia, Europe; China, Switzerland)

Pilot Scale Production of Indigenous Entomopathogen as Biopesticides (Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry; Asia; Malaysia)

EO and Environmental Data for Biopesticide Efficacy Modelling (STFC; Asia, Europe; China, UK)

Strain fingerprinting service for biopesticide organisms to track environmental fate and quality control (Commercial clients UK and Africa)

Low temperature biopesticide research project for cool temperate regions (NERC and British Antarctic Survey)

Cocoa biopesticides for Indonesia (CACBISCO;Asia: Indonesia)




4. Biodiversity and invasive species managementInvasive management; Capacity building of IS identification and diagnostics; habitat manipulation/agro-biodiversity

1. Invasive species management

Azolla Biocontrol in Netherlands (STOWA; Europe; Netherlands)

Biocontrol of Earwigs - Phase 1 Host Range Testing (Falkland Island Government; Atlantic; Falkland islands)

Biocontrol of Hygrophila in Florida (Uni of Florida; Asia and America; India, USA)

Biocontrol of Rubus and Hedychium (USDA; America; Hawaii)

Biocontrol of Rumex (Loterie Romande; Europe; Switzerland)

Biological control of Crassula helmsii (DEFRA; Europe;UK, Australia)

Biological Control of Rubus ellipticus in Hawaii using natural enemies from the Indian region of the Himalayas (USDA; Asia; India)

Classical biological control of the invasive alien weed, Mikania micrantha using the rust fungus Puccinia spegazzinii (ACIAR; Asia, Europe; China, Fiji, India, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom)

EBI expansion to Netherlands for Water Framework Directive target weed biocontrol (Plant protection service NL; Europe; Netherlands)

Enhanced Release and Monitoring of A. itadori (DEFRA; Europe; UK)

Environmental impact of Fallopia (Swiss Federal office for the env; Europe; Switzerland)

FOEN Japanese Knotweed (FOEN; Europe, Switzerland)

Ganoderma Management through An Integrated Approach Focusing on Disease Suppression and Biological Antagonism (FELDA; Asia; Malaysia)

Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Aline Species in the Insular Caribbean (2009-2014) (UNEP/GEF Caribbean)

Lantana screening (DEEDI; Australia)

Assessing non-target risks of candidates for the biological control of ragweed in Europe (SER; Europe; Italy, Switzerland)

Biocontrol of Rubus niveus (Gov of Ecuador; Asia, South America, Europe; India, China, Ecuador, UK)

Biological control of Himalayan balsam (DEFRA and collective funding; Asia, Europe; India, UK) www.cabi.org/projects/project/32944

Controlling floating pennywort in a safe and sustainable way (Defra, UK Argentina, Brazil) (DEFRA;) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33139

Finding a biocontrol for Crassula (UK, Australia) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33138

Woody weeds in East Africa (SDC; Africa; Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania) www.cabi.org/projects/project/44690

Regional network for Invasive species in Caribbean (CEPF; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago)

Wild Ginger Biocontrol (DLNR, TNCH; Asia, Europe; India, UK)

Framework for the identification of invasive alien species of EU concern (EC DG Env; Europe; UK)

Evaluating the risks of three introduced forest species in Trinidad (FAO, Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago)

Measuring the livelihood impacts of invasive alien species in East Africa www.cabi.org/projects/project/45091

Toolkits for invasive plants in Laikipia, Kenya (GEF; Africa; Kenya) www.cabi.org/projects/project/45084

Controlling pest pear in Laikipia www.cabi.org/projects/project/44986

Managing invasive species in selected forest ecosystems of Southeast Asia (GEF; Asia; Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33069

Retrospective M&E on CABI’s impact on IAS

Box tree moth in natural box tree stands in the Swiss Jura (Republique et Canton du Jura, Office de l’environnement; Switzerland)

The Role of Hybridization in Biological Control of Weeds (USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Ascension Island, USA)

Biological control of Tutsan (Landcare Research; New Zealand, UK)

Invasive species BIG PUSH

Biocontrol of Buddleia (Network Rail; Europe; UK)

Roll-out of Himalayan balsam rust in UK (UK)

Biological Control of Weeds - Ireland (Dep of Env and Heritage IRE; Europe; Ireland)

Biological Control of Weeds - Scotland (Scottish Executive; Europe; Scotland)

Control of Earwigs in Falkland Islands (Darwin; Latin America; Falkland Islands)

Invasive species/Malaria vector workshop (DEFRA; Asia, Europe; India, UK)

IPM IL Parthenium (Feed the future; Africa; Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

Rubber vine weed biocontrol for Brazil (UK, Brazil)

Ludwigia biocontrol for France (UK, Argentina, France)




2. Microbial resources

Training on Microbial Collection Mgt (Brunei - Forestry Department; Asia; Brunei)

Technical Services to Review the Current Status of Microbial Resource Collections in Brunei Darussalam (Brunei forestry Dept.; Asia; Brunei Darussalam)

MIRRI - Preparatory Phase (CD DG Research and innovation ; Europe; UK)

Microbiology Training (AKF; Asia; Pakistan)

MIRRI – improving access to microbial resources, services and data (EU) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33028

Identification service establishment of ISO 17025 quality system, promotion of free member service

Engagement with UK government and EU on Nagoya protocol (via DEFRA)

Repatriation of data from culture collection to regional centres (SE Asia and Africa to date)

Improved methods for freeze drying EPFs (Innovate UK; Europe; UK)

CABI policy on Nagoya protocol for Member Country consultation

MIRRI – second phase & 3 EU projects

(a) Ritrain – EU H2020 project to help MIRRI initiate training programmes for the skills and abilities needed in mBRC management and the characterisation;

(b) Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services (EU);

(c) European Marine Biological Resource Infrastructure Cluster

CABI-ICAR microbiology programme (S Asia)

3. Biodiversity management

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD; Worldwide, UK)

Study on Distribution, Genetic Diversity & Development of the Indigenous Fruit Species in Brunei Darussalm (Brunei Gov.; Asia; Brunei Darussalam)

Loterie Grassland Restoration (Loterie Romande; Europe; Switzerland) BKP Biodiversity Project (GIZ; Asia; Pakistan)

Restoring the native flora of Robinson Crusoe Island (Darwin Initiative; Latin America; Chile)

Support to the Integrated Program for the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Socotra Archipelago (GEF; Asia; Yemen Arab Republic)




5. Climate smart agriculture and institutional capacity building are crosscutting, as are publication of, and access to, authoritative information resources

1. Climate change

COST Action Global Warning (EC DG research and innovation; worldwide) Climate Change Knowledge Network-Indian Agriculture (GIZ; Asia; Andorra, India)

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Workshop (CGIAR CCAFS; Asia; India)

Flood Preparedness and Resilience Initiative in Agriculture (DoNER; Asia; India)

2. Environment and health

Increase awareness in schools to environmental issues relating to the three river system in Canton of Jura (Canton of Jura; Europe; Switzerland)

Benefits and Risks of Genetically Modified Crops: Implications for Agricultural Research Co-operation, Frontier Science, Public Engagement and Policy (Chinese Ministry of agriculture; Asia; China)

Insects as a source of protein (ECDG research and innovation; Africa, Asia, Europe; China, Ghana, Mali, Switzerland) www.cabi.org/projects/project/33056

Treated Wastewater Reuse Knowledge Hub (ICBA; Africa, Middle East)

3. Gender

Transformation of Gender Norms in Agriculture (Glasgow Caledonian University; Asia; Pakistan)

4. Publication of, and access to, authoritative information resources

Free access to a wide range of publishing products by member countries at Bands 1-4

Co-publications with other international organisations, e.g. FAO, IFAD, to extend the reach of their research


Launch of website to showcase CABI authored science (June 2015) and discussion with AIRCA memberships to extend this service to include their outputs.

Development of new strategic publishing partnerships to leverage CABI’s professional publishing capabilities to disseminate important research outputs.

Development of new CAB Direct online platform to improve accessibility of published research (due to launch June 2016).

Ongoing development of the book list to include more titles on animal welfare, food security, horticulture and global health.

Development of new Horticulture Compendium

Re-engineering of CABI-wide knowledge management technology, including improved content creation and management, ontology development and mobile delivery


New information products to support CABI programmes and themes in Invasives, International Development, Soil Health

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