Our expertise
To maximise the impact CABI has on issues in agriculture and the environment we focus our work on three key scientific areas, recognising that these are major issues in today’s world. We seek to be the preferred partner for our member countries in projects to address commodity value chains, to improve rural livelihoods and to manage invasive species.
Two of our other key strengths are in biopesticides and in developing microbial capacity.
To find out more about the work we are doing in our focus areas please click on the links to the left.
Funding, partnership and participation
Our work is undertaken through partnerships, from informal arrangements with community groups through to strategic alliances and commercial agreements. CABI’s intergovernmental status enables us to have strong links with national research and extension institutions. Our partners include non-governmental and community based organizations, educational establishments, the private sector, and regional and international development agencies. Participatory approaches are a feature of our partnerships, and building the capacity of our partners is an integral part of all our activities.
Project management skills
Our people
Our strength is in our scientists. We are privileged to have world renowned entomologists, mycologists, microbiologists, plant pathologists, ecologists, diagnosticians, nematologists, socio-economists, agronomists, taxonomists and horticulturists. Our agricultural and environmental scientific research capability stretches back to 1910.
Monitoring and impact assessment
We believe that appropriate monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment procedures should be incorporated in all projects, and have actively sought to ensure that such studies are effectively designed and carried out according to recognised guidelines and standards. It is recognised that there are as yet no universally agreed prescriptions, methodologies or indicators for measuring the impact of information, especially in the developing country context, but CABI aims to contribute to development of these through research and application.