CABI BioProtection Portal

The largest free resource for biological plant protection!

The CABI BioProtection Portal is an international, multilingual digital platform designed to improve market visibility for nationally registered biocontrol and biopesticide products. Available on desktop and mobile (Android and iOS), the portal allows users to filter products by country, crop, and pest, helping businesses connect their offerings to targeted end-users. Its searchable directory supports regulatory compliance while expanding product reach in both online and offline contexts through downloadable country packs. The platform also houses practical scientific resources that explain how bioprotection products can be integrated into farming systems, supporting customer education and uptake.

This technology is pre-validated.

Scaling readiness: idea maturity 9/9; level of use unknown

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Problem

Products Are Hard to Find: Many bioprotection products are not visible to farmers, extension workers, or agro-dealers because there is no platform showing what is available and approved.
Communication Problems: Suppliers have trouble sharing clear, local, and trustworthy information with users in different regions and languages.
Hard to Meet New Demands:
It is difficult to promote products that are sustainable and scientifically proven without a single tool to share this information.

Solution

Enhances visibility of registered bioprotection products, making them easier for farmers, advisors, and institutions to find and adopt.
Connects manufacturers with potential users through a trusted platform, helping to bridge the gap between innovation and market adoption.
Provides detailed, crop-specific pest solutions, increasing market credibility and supporting targeted product promotion.
Encourages informed decision-making by offering access to educational resources that address misconceptions and explain product use.
Supports regional market expansion by contributing to harmonisation efforts and promoting transparency in product registration.

Key points to design your business plan

The CABI BioProtection Portal is a free, multilingual digital platform that helps businesses identify and promote locally registered biological crop protection products. By supporting precise pest management decisions, it enables agribusinesses, suppliers, and service providers to reduce chemical reliance, meet sustainability targets, and align with growing consumer and regulatory demand for safer, eco-friendly solutions.

To integrate this technology into agribusiness operations, key steps include:

Operational Efficiency: Use the Portal to guide product selection based on crop, pest, and country, streamlining sourcing and field recommendations for bioprotection inputs.
Employee Training: Train technical teams, agronomists, and advisors to navigate the Portal and interpret product listings and educational content to better serve clients and growers.
Resource Allocation: Equip field teams with smartphones and support download of relevant country packs for offline use in areas with limited connectivity.
Sustainability Reporting: Leverage product use data and learning tools from the Portal to support ESG goals and showcase commitment to safe, science-based pest control practices in reports and communications.

Adults 18 and over: Positive high

Using bioprotection products instead of (highly hazardous) pesticides reduces risks to human health at all stages of the process, from production through to application and finally product consumption.

The poor: Positive low

Women: Positive low

The Portal can facilitating women's access to advisory services and bioprotection products where they may not have otherwise been able to easily access information.

Climate adaptability: Highly adaptable

Each product registered on the Portal is approved by the national regulator, meaning it is available for use in the climate(s) of that country.

Farmer climate change readiness: Significant improvement

Biodiversity: Positive impact on biodiversity

Biocontrol enables greater biodiversity by ensuring multiple species coexist. Chemicals from pesticides can run off or leach into water bodies, affecting aquatic life and drinking water availability. Minimising the use of chemical pesticides helps protect beneficial insects and soil microbes, which play a role in pollination, pest control and soil health. This allows for a healthier ecosystem, preventing imbalances and enabling better soil fertility and water quality, which help enable higher crop yields and improved food security.

Environmental health: Greatly improves environmental health

Soil quality: Does not affect soil health and fertility

Countries with a green colour: Tested & adopted
Countries with a bright green colour: Adopted
Countries with a yellow colour: Tested
Countries with a blue colour: Testing ongoing

Countries where the technology is being tested or has been tested and adopted
Country	Testing ongoing	Tested	Adopted
Burkina Faso	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Cape Verde	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Chad	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Côte d’Ivoire	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Egypt	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Gambia	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Ghana	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Guinea-Bissau	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Kenya	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Malawi	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Mali	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Mauritania	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Morocco	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Mozambique	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Niger	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Senegal	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
South Africa	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Tanzania	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted
Uganda	–No ongoing testing	–Not tested	Adopted

This technology can be used in the colored agro-ecological zones. Any zones shown in white are not suitable for this technology.

Agro-ecological zones where this technology can be used
AEZ	Subtropic - warm	Subtropic - cool	Tropic - warm	Tropic - cool
Arid
Semiarid
Subhumid
Humid

Source: HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2009

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that are applicable to this technology.

Goal 1: no poverty

Supporting farmers to reduce crop losses and build resilience to pests and diseases, and supporting agricultural service providers to deliver better and more sustainable results.

Goal 2: zero hunger

Increasing food security by helping farmers respond to pest threats and increasing access to safer foods by supporting farmers and countries to reduce the use of highly hazardous pesticides in favour of biological controls.

Goal 3: good health and well-being

Reducing exposure to highly hazardous pesticides amongst agricultural workers.

Goal 5: gender equality

Facilitating women's access to advisory services and inputs, as well as for men and youth

Goal 13: climate action

Equipping farmers and agricultural stakeholders with plant health advice that supports climate-resilience.

Goal 15: life on land

Promoting sustainable agricultural practices that protect biodiversity and contribute to halting land degradation.

Web Version:

On the homepage (https://bioprotectionportal.com/), start by selecting your country of interest, occupation, and the relevant crop and/or pest to perform a search.
Use the menu bar to explore educational resources, latest news, and membership information.
To change the website’s language, click the globe icon in the top right corner and select your preferred language.

Mobile App Version:

Download and install the APP on PlayStore (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bioprotectionportal.offline)
Begin by selecting your preferred language via the globe icon in the top right corner.
Choose your country of interest from the drop-down list and click “Download Now” to install the corresponding country pack.
Note: Country packs are available in local languages and English and allow offline access to product information and guidance.