Mission Statement

CABI is dedicated to improving human welfare world-wide through the dissemination, application and generation of scientific knowledge in support of sustainable development, with emphasis on agriculture, forestry, human health and the management of natural resources, and with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

• Inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization.
• 40 Member Countries including 13 in Africa, 15 in Asia-Pacific and 7 in South America & Caribbean.
• · A scientific organization, publisher and development assistance agency.
• Largely self-supporting financially, from sale of publications, scientific projects and other sources of income.
• Member Countries received price discounts on publications and services, and other benefits.

Established in 1928, it is a Center for Agriculture and Biosciences, providing information, scientific and development services, throughout the world, for all those involved in agriculture, forestry, human health and the conservation of natural resources.

Status

• Treaty-level, international, inter-governmental organisation
• 40 Member Countries
• Originally established to assist agricultural development in Commonwealth countries
• Granted international status in 1985 and since then several non-Commonwealth countries have joined (Indonesia, Hungary, Vietnam, Myanmar, Colombia, The Philippines, Chile and the People's Republic of China).

Finance

• CABI has no core funding.
• Only 2.5% of its annual budget comes from Member Country contributions.
• More than 90% of its income is earned from an information publishing programme and funding of scientific projects.

CABI Information Services CAB International produces two Databases:CAB ABSTRACTS and CAB HEALTH.

CAB ABSTRACTS: ; 1973 to present; International coverage in all languages; Over 3.2 million records to date; 150,000 new records added each year; 14,000+ serials scanned plus other relevant literature; Articles reporting or reviewing original research; Broad subject coverage - more than just Agriculture.

Subject Coverage: ; Crop sciences; Crop protection; Forestry, forest products and agroforestry; Animal sciences; Animal health and veterinary medicine; Human medicine; Food & nutrition in man; Economics and social sciences; Leisure & tourism; Agricultural engineering; Miscellaneous.

Database Products and Services

Printed Products: 24 Main Abstract Journals; 21 Specialist Abstract Journals; News and Information Journals.

Cab Abstracts On-line: available via DIALOG (California, USA); DataStar (Bern, Switzerland); DIMDI (Cologne, Germany); ESA/IRS (Frescati, Italy); STN (Columbus, USA); OVID (Utah, USA).

CD-ROM Database Products: CAB ABSTRACTS (1973-Present); CAB HEALTH (1973-Present);

CAB SPECTRUM; CAB COLLECTION (new from 1997) Cab Spectrum CD-ROMs (1973-Present): CabpestCD; CropCD; TreeCD (from 1939); AgeconCD; VetCD; BeastCD; PlantGeneCD; HortCD; SoilCD; E-CD; ParasiteCD; Two New CD-ROM in 1997 (NutritionCD (bi-annual), TourCD (annual)).

CABI and the World Wide Web

CABI Home page - http://www.cabi.org The CABI Web site include general information on the organisation and the three business areas CABI Publishing, CABI Bioscience and CABI Information for Development (IFD) It includes a complete listing of products and services and links to other relevant Web sites CABI is also developing a series of subject-specific Web sites known as CABWebs.

CABWebs: Free feature articles; Book information; Links to relevant specialist sites; Searchable database subsets (Free to print journal subscribers, Annual subscriptions available); Primary journals in PDF file format; Events calendar http://www.cabweb.org/.

PestCABWeb

• Internet site for crop pest management
• Free access for print subscribers (Review of Agricultural Entomology; Nematological Abstracts; Review of Plant Pathology; Weed Abstracts; Biocontrol News and Information; Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology (from 1998); Bulletin of Entomological Research (Primary)
• Free news, articles and hot links

AgBiotechNet

New in 1999; Agricultural biotechnology research; A searchable abstracts database; Five leading books in PDF format; Topical news, updated weekly; International review articles; Patent information; Calendar of events; Links to other Web sites of interest.

Agricultural Engineering Abstracts on the Web:

Joint venture with the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; (ASAE); Calendar of forthcoming events; Searchable abstracts database; Online full text ordering facilities.

Biology Bridge

A collaborative venture with BIOSIS; Biology Bridge to Entomology: (CAB ABSTRACTS; BIOSIS Previews; Zoological Record).

Subscription Options for CD-ROM

Lease with a purchase buy-out; Discounts on multiple subscriptions; Discounts on CD-ROMs for subscribers to the printed abstract journals; Fixed-fee networking surcharges from January 1998.

CABI Databases - Important Features

Abstracts; International coverage; CABICODES for broad concepts; Comprehensive, controlled subject indexing; Selective up-posting; Integrated Thesaurus.

Other Electronic Products

Raw data on Magnetic tape or CD-ROM; Abstract journals on floppy disk; Mixed media compendia.

Crop Protection Compendium

• Crop pest management CD-ROM
• Pests of the world's major crops
• Mixed media (Diagnostic keys; Taxonomy; Data sheets; Pictures)

Forestry Compendium Module 1

• A silvicultural reference on CD-ROM
• 600 tropical and sub-tropical species
• Mixed Media (CABI's TREE NAMES database; Colour pictures and drawings; Global and regional maps; Data sheets; Multilingual glossary of forestry terms; Interactive advisory system; Internet 'Hot Links).

Other Products and Services

• Primary Journals
• Newsletters
• Pest and Pathogen Maps
• Taxonomic Guides
• Books and Reference Works
• Document Delivery (Database back-up)

Information for Development (IFD)

Formally established in 1996.

Purpose: to assist the less-developed countries (particularly CABI Members) to build, manage and sustain efficient scientific information systems; Distinct programme from the Publishing Programme, with different policies and strategies.

Programme priorities:

• Capacity Building ; intelligence on user needs in developing countries; advice, technical assistance, training
• Sponsorship and product sales; delivery of CABI products and services through sponsorship; direct sales to developing countries through consortia.
• New products; regional databases (Latin America, Africa); Compendia.