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CAB International

Logo: cabi.org4

UN treaty organization for development

CABI (legally CAB International, formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) is a nonprofit intergovernmental development and information organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.2 It employed 1,034 people in 2023.1 Its revenue was £925 in 2024.1 Its products include CABI Digital Library, CAB Direct, CABI PlantwisePlus and CABI Thesaurus.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • HeadquartersWallingford1
  • Websitewww.cabi.org
  • Legal formINTERNATIONAL NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION3
  • LEI213800OMJ8SOJW9VMN613
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressNOSWORTHY WAY, OX10 8DE Wallingford, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withTemporary Code, 2088646423

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Daniel Elger, CEO of CABI speaking during Session 2- Harnessing science and technology for food security at the Global Food Security Summit in London on 20 November 2023 - (cropped)
Photo: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

CABI (legally CAB International, formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) is a nonprofit intergovernmental development and information organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.2

Corporate structure

CAB International sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • CAB International Wallingford, United Kingdom
    • CAB International Publishing Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • CABI Kenya Subsidiary · Kenya

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • CAB Direct
  • CABI Digital Library
  • CABI PlantwisePlus
  • CABI Thesaurus

Listed on Wikidata.1

PlantwisePlus

PlantwisePlus aims to reach 75 million smallholder farmers in low and lower-middle income countries, providing them with access to the knowledge and skills they need to improve their production practices.

This will be achieved by supporting countries to predict, prevent, and prepare for plant health threats in the face of a changing climate. This ensures that smallholder farmers reduce their crop losses and produce more and safer food through sustainable crop production practices.

Delivered through gender-sensitive and climate-resilient approaches, PlantwisePlus is tackling the challenges facing smallholder production through three impact pathways: Pest Preparedness, Pesticide Risk Reduction, and Farmer Advisory.

PlantwisePlus

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Microbial services

CABI housed a collection of over 28,000 fungus samples from around the world to carry out microbial identification, preservations, patenting, training and consultancy from their offices and labs in Egham, England. In 2009, these were merged with the collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This move was supported by a £250,000 grant from the UK government.

From Wikipedia’s article on CAB International, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • CAB International Publishing
  • CABI Kenya

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20231,0341

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

CAB International revenue by year1925 GBP in 2024+403% since 2020
0250 GBP500 GBP750 GBP1.0K GBP2020: 184 GBP184 GBP20202021: 475 GBP475 GBP2021+158%2022: 23 GBP23 GBP2022−95%2023: 99 GBP99 GBP2023+330%2024: 925 GBP925 GBP2024+834%
  • 2024925 GBP1
  • 202399 GBP1
  • 202223 GBP1
  • 2021475 GBP1
  • 2020184 GBP1

Former names

  • Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux1947 to 19861
  • Imperial Agricultural Bureaux1930 to 19471

Timeline

  1. 1986Renamed Name changed to CAB International1
  2. 1947Renamed Name changed to Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux1
  3. 1910Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$19.9M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $19.9M in all. Federal grants $17.0M; Other federal assistance $411.1K; Federal contracts $2.5M.$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2008 · Federal grants: $298.6K2008 · Other federal assistance: $150.0K2008 · Federal contracts: $158.7K20082009 · Federal grants: $40.0K2009 · Federal contracts: $203.6K2010 · Federal contracts: $515.0K20102011 · Federal grants: $18.3K2011 · Federal contracts: $181.8K2012 · Federal contracts: $193.6K20122013 · Federal grants: $230.0K2013 · Federal contracts: $216.8K2014 · Federal grants: $99.0K2014 · Federal contracts: $224.2K20142015 · Federal grants: $210.1K2015 · Federal contracts: $227.4K2016 · Federal grants: $424.0K2016 · Federal contracts: $235.2K20162017 · Federal grants: $111.5K2017 · Other federal assistance: $20.0K2017 · Federal contracts: $257.1K2018 · Federal grants: $260.0K2018 · Other federal assistance: $35.8K2018 · Federal contracts: $73.1K20182019 · Federal grants: $1.1M2019 · Other federal assistance: $49.5K2019 · Federal contracts: $14.2K2020 · Federal grants: $845.7K2020 · Other federal assistance: $46.1K2020 · Federal contracts: $14.2K20202021 · Federal grants: $1.3M2021 · Other federal assistance: $44.7K2022 · Federal grants: $1.4M20222023 · Federal grants: $643.5K2023 · Other federal assistance: $65.0K2023 · Federal contracts: $10.2K2024 · Federal grants: $3.8M2024 · Federal contracts: $14.7K20242025 · Federal grants: $2.6M2026 · Federal grants: $3.6M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceFederal contractsTotal
2026$3.6M––$3.6M
2025$2.6M––$2.6M
2024$3.8M–$14.7K$3.8M
2023$643.5K$65.0K$10.2K$718.7K
2022$1.4M––$1.4M
2021$1.3M$44.7K–$1.3M
2020$845.7K$46.1K$14.2K$905.9K
2019$1.1M$49.5K$14.2K$1.2M
2018$260.0K$35.8K$73.1K$369.0K
2017$111.5K$20.0K$257.1K$388.6K
2016$424.0K–$235.2K$659.3K
2015$210.1K–$227.4K$437.5K
2014$99.0K–$224.2K$323.2K
2013$230.0K–$216.8K$446.8K
2012––$193.6K$193.6K
2011$18.3K–$181.8K$200.1K
2010––$515.0K$515.0K
2009$40.0K–$203.6K$243.6K
2008$298.6K$150.0K$158.7K$607.3K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov7, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 2 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 18, 2024$5.0M from Foreign Agricultural Service: Assisting Specialty Crop Exports8 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX24AS-10621C002
  2. Sep 18, 2024$4.0M from Foreign Agricultural Service: Assisting Specialty Crop Exports9 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX24AS-10621C003
  3. Sep 7, 2021$909.2K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Technical Agricultural Assistance10 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX21TA-10960C015
  4. Mar 15, 2021$849.9K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Technical Agricultural Assistance11 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX21TA-10960C006
  5. Jul 27, 2022$670.8K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Technical Agricultural Assistance12 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX22TA-10960C009
  6. Jun 1, 2019$605.2K from Foreign Agricultural Service: Technical Agricultural Assistance13 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award FX19TA-10960C006
  7. Feb 12, 2019$502.4K from Department of the Army: Basic, Applied, And Advanced Research In Science And Engineering14 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award W912HZ1920005
  8. Aug 31, 2019$488.4K from Agricultural Research Service: Agricultural Research Basic And Applied Research15 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award 5902109222F

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 10, 2013$627.0K from Agricultural Research Service: Igf::ct::igf electronic access via the internet for all usda users to cabi databases, with perpetual data rights to content16 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award AG32SBC13AA01
  2. Sep 29, 2006$600.3K from Agricultural Research Service: Digitop renewal17 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award AG3K06C060017
  3. Sep 30, 2016$462.1K from Agricultural Research Service: Igf::ct::igf electronic access via ip authentication for all usda users to cab abstracts and global health databases, with weekly xml data f18 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award AG32SBC160023
  4. Sep 12, 2011$371.0K from Agricultural Research Service: Electronic access via the internet for all usda users to cabi databases, with perpetual data rights to the content. replacing expired ffp co19 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award AG3K06C110019
  5. May 5, 2010$177.2K from Agricultural Research Service: Electronic access to cab abstracts and cab global health with perpetual data rights.20 To CAB INTERNATIONAL Award AG3K06C100017

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