This is the first Africa-wide Biocontrol Industry meeting organised by NewAg International and 2BMonthly in conjunction with IBMA and local organisers. Registration will open on 5th September.  Topics covered at Biocontrol Africa will include biological control, speciality plant nutrition, irrigation and fertigation, greenhouse technology, precision agriculture, biostimulants and biofertilizers. The conferences will feature speakers from […]

SUD Symposium on Arable Farming will take place at the European Parliament from 15:00 to 19:00. Further details on the programme and registration will follow.

IBMA members may be of interest in this Master in Plant Health which is now accepting applications. More information can be found in the two attached documents. Briefly the candidates profile is: • Students and professionals from all over the world • Passionate for IPM • Awarded Bachelor of Science degree (180 ECTS) in Agronomy, […]

A special five page feature titled “The Biocontrol world meets at ABIM” has been published in the September/October issue of International Pest Control. The article gives information on ABIM and details some of the programme highlights to look forward to. A full exhibitor reference guide is also included. Read the article from the International Pest […]

The United Kingdom notified of its intention to withdraw from the European Union. This means that unless the withdrawal agreement establishes another date or the period is extended by the European Council all Union primary and secondary law ceases to apply to the United Kingdom from 30 March 2019.The United Kingdom will then become a […]

International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association of Kenya (IBMA Kenya) was launched on Friday 15th September 2017 at the Naivasha Hortifair. In the last 10 years biocontrol in Kenya has grown and this transition has occurred as a result of various driving forces including consumer demand, overcoming pesticide resistance and environmental concern. However, the wide spread adoption […]

This article on ABIM 2017 was published in New Ag International (English version). It will also be published in the New Ag International Spanish and Chinese versions later in Nov-Dec 2017  New Ag ABIM report

Winner of Bernard Blum Award 2017 is CBC Europe for the product TREMOS, a digital electronic system used to disrupt location and mating of leafhopper species. More information to follow.

The updated French biocontrol plant protection products list was published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food on 18 October 2017. These products include secondary authorisations and import in parallel trade. Please see the attachment for further details.  Biocontrol PPP 171018

Following the last IOBC-WPRS meeting of the Working Group “Biological and integrated control of plant pathogens” in Berlin in September 2016, IOBC will organize a meeting in Lleida (Catalonia). The Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology  (IRTA), a research institute from Catalan government, will be the local organizer together with the University of Lleida. The workshop will be […]