1910

Formation of the Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa). One field entomologist is posted to East Africa and one to West Africa to collect and study insects injurious to humans, crops and animals. Collected specimens are sent to the Natural History Museum in London for identification.

1910

Bulletin of Entomological Research launched.

1913

Formation of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. Its chief function is the identification of insect pests, and the issue of a monthly periodical, giving summaries of all current entomological literature (the first abstract journal).  

1920

Imperial Bureau of Mycology at Kew established, for the identification of fungal diseases of plants, animals and humans and the abstracting of the mycological literature.

1922

First issue of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology’s abstract journal.

1927

Imperial Agricultural Research conference (IARC) held in London. The IARC agreed to the formation of a number of new bureaux and that they should each produce an abstract journal on their own subject.

1930

CAB (initially known as the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux) is officially formed as a Commonwealth organization.

1933

The Bureaux of Entomology and Mycology are raised to the status of Institutes and became part of CAB in 1933. An offshoot of Entomology becomes part of CAB in 1933 and later evolves into the Institute of Biological Control.

1938

Bureaux of Dairy Science and Forestry become part of CAB.

1947

Imperial Agricultural Bureaux becomes the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux.

1966

The Bureau of Agricultural Economics becomes part of CAB.

1973

Contents from all the abstract journals, now computerized, are unified to produce the CAB database (CAB Abstracts).

1975

Drive for self-sufficiency (self-funding) put into operation following the 1975 Review Conference.

1978

Training courses on Information in Agriculture started for information scientists and librarians.

1980

By 1980 the number of abstract journals has increased from 19 to 45.

1980

News and Information journals developed. These contained news items from all over the world, short digests and review articles, as well as the abstracts from the world literature.

1980

CAB Abstracts is accessible on SDC Search Service, California and on ESA and DIMDI in Europe.

1986

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux becomes CAB International.

CAB Abstracts available on SilverPlatter software as CABCD.

1998

International Institute of Entomology, International Institute of Biocontrol, International Mycological Institute and International Institute of Parasitology merge to form CABI Bioscience.

1998

CABI Publishing comes into existence.

1999

Crop Protection Compendium produced, other Compendia follow.

1999

Internet Resources Nutritiongate and AnimalScience.com launched.

2003

CAB Direct, CABI's own platform for CAB Abstracts, is launched.

2004

CABI digitises the print abstract journals going back to 1910 to produce Global Health and CAB Abstracts Archive.

2006

CABI Bioscience and CABI Publishing are united under one single CABI brand.