CABI Southeast & East Asia
CABI office in Selangor, Malaysia |
Our main areas of expertise are:
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Our history
In November 1988, the CAB International Asia Regional Office (CABI-ARO) was established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture (representing the Malaysian government).Subsequently, in 1997 the CABI South East Asia Regional Centre was formed. This occurred when CABI-ARO became fully integrated with the Malaysian Centre of CABI Bioscience located within the campus of the Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute (MARDI) in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. In July 2006 we took on a wider mandate and became - CABI Southeast & East Asia.
Our staff
CABI Southeast & East Asia has 9 staff based at the office in Malaysia, many of whom have over 30 years of experience.These include:
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Dr Loke Wai Hong, Regional Director, CABI Southeast and East Asia |
Our activities
Equipped with a general office, a library and two laboratories connected to insect-screened houses, CABI-SEA carries out a wide range of activities, including:
- Conducting research & development on Bioscience and ICT/information
- Conducting farmer participatory training and research activities
- Organizing training courses for managers, scientists, information officers, extension workers and technicians
- Planning and implementing study visits and training attachments
- Co-supervising graduate/post-graduate students
- Producing and introducing biological control agents
- Executing consultancies
- Conducting project development, co-ordination and implementation
- Disseminating and marketing information products and materials
- Linking countries with common interest areas through effective networking
Our current projects include:
- The development and production of a manual on IPM for Citrus in Negara Brunei Darussalam
- Reduction of pesticide usage through IPM Implementation in Fruits, Vegetables and Rice in Brunei Darussalam
- Enhancing, protecting and beneficial usage of indigenous microbial diversity in oil palm agroecosystems
- Metabolic Profiling of Soil Microbial Communities in relation to Natural-N Application
- Advancing IPM for Development in Vietnam
Our sponsors include:
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Australia: ACIAR & AusAID
- Denmark: DANIDA and DANCED
- Malaysia: Malaysian Agricultural Research Development
- Institute (MARDI), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Science & Technology and International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Flies
- Brunei Government
Future plans We will be focusing on activities related to: bio-based approaches for invasive species management IPM/ICM development in support of sustainable production plant health and SPS issues knowledge networks and systems of innovation and farmer participatory learning & research - including appropriate support to national institutional human resource capacity building. |
Contact us : CABI Southeast and East Asia PO Box 210, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Tel: +60 3 8942 6489 Fax: +60 3 8942 6490 E-mail: seasia@cabi.org |