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Fruitful discussions on future collaborations on plant health

Published: 14 November 2019

On Wednesday 13 November, SLU had a visit from CABI for discussions on possible future collaborations.

Paul Rogers from CABI gave an interesting overview over CABI’s mission to improve people's lives worldwide by providing information and applying expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment. He gave an example on how they work with plant clinics for more sustainable and smarter farmer practices for improving food security.  The plant clinics work just like clinics for human health. Farmers visit with samples of their crops, and plant doctors diagnose the problem and make science-based recommendations on ways to manage it.

At CABI one also work with actions on invasives, pest risk information service and the global burden of crop loss.

Before discussions about possible future collaborations between CABI and SLU took place, Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymus (Department of Plant Protection Biology) and Jan Stenlid (Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology), presented their research.

The meeting was also joined by Ylva Hillbur (Pro Vice-Chancellor, international relations), Erland Liljeroth (Department of Plant Protection Biology), Göran Bergkvist (Department of Crop Production Ecology); and Sara Gräslund and Katarina Börling (both from SLU Global). 

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About CABI

CABI is an international, inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization that improves people’s lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.

Their approach involves putting information, skills and tools into people's hands. CABI's 49 member countries guide and influence the work which is delivered by scientific staff based in a global network of centres.

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