World BioProtection Forum

22/07/2025

🌍 Exciting News for the Biocontrol Community! 🌿

The Arturo Falaschi Conference on Pesticides – Impacts, Resistance & Alternatives is taking place in South Africa from 11-13 November 2025.

🧪 Co-organised by the World BioProtection Forum (WBF), this international conference brings together scientists, innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss:
• Pesticide resistance & health impacts
• Next-generation biological alternatives
• Regulatory and market challenges
• Sustainable pest management solutions
📍 Hosted at ICGEB Cape Town, in collaboration with the University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, and leading global experts.

🔗 More info & abstract submission:
https://www.icgeb.org/arturo-falaschi-conference-on-pesticides-south-africa-2025/
Let’s drive the global shift from chemicals to biologicals.

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13/02/2025

This month's WBF webinar on Global Harmonization

ANNOUNCING THIS MONTH’S SPEAKER!
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Imme Gerke, Founder of IDRG.eu, as our featured speaker. With extensive expertise spanning the entire innovation journey—from the lab bench and technology scouting to investment, marketing, start-ups, and large-scale science—Dr. Gerke has a wealth of knowledge to share. Her experience in guiding companies toward success makes this a must-attend session for anyone in the bioprotection industry.

Speaker: Dr Imme Gerke
Topic: Global Harmonization
Date: Thursday 27th February 2025
Time: 3:00-4:30 pm (UK time)

Are you navigating the complex regulatory landscape of biopesticides? Understanding how to achieve global harmonization is critical for market access, investment, and innovation in bioprotection. This webinar is the perfect opportunity to learn from Dr Imme Gerke, an expert in regulatory alignment, investment strategies, and international market positioning.

The webinar is free for WBF members and non-members will need to pay a small registration fee £25 (https://www.worldbioprotectionforum.com/events-old/wbfevents2025/) – why would you not join us? We’ll see you there!

SPONSORSHIP
The WBF monthly webinars are FREE to attend for WBF members– would your company be able to support us, to help that continue for longer? If your company is in a position to help support next month's webinar with a one-off sponsorship payment of £500 (or let us know what you can afford - perhaps you could share with another small company) to help cover admin costs, we will help raise your profile and let people know how wonderful we think you are!

As well as live attendance, the webinar (including your sponsorship panel) will be saved and shared forever more on the WBF YouTube channel, ultimately reaching hundreds of people... perhaps even thousands! 😃

Please email [email protected] for more information.

10/01/2025

We are constantly reminded that the global population will reach nine billion people by 2050 and that food producers worldwide have the heavy burden of trying to feed all of us. However, the agriculture industry faces double trouble. Not only do we need to produce more sustainably, but we also have to do so with a regulatory environment that stifles innovation.

The EU’s audacious goal is to reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030. But the question facing all of us in agriculture is: “What do we replace them with?” While the intention is commendable, the lack of a coherent plan to replace these chemicals with effective alternatives raises critical questions about the future of farming in the EU.

The future of farming in the EU: Are we setting ourselves up for failure? - from HortWeek