Dr Feng Zhang
* Regional Director, East & South-East Asia
* Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)
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Dr Zhang is currently managing CABI’s operations in China and Malaysia, leading regional business development, and responsible for communication and engagement with member countries in the East & South-East Asia and South Pacific region. He has more than 20 years of experience working in agriculture sector with a focus on integrated pest management (IPM) and biological control of agricultural insect pests.
He has led over a dozen of international research and development cooperation projects in the field of plant health, particularly developing nature-based solutions and facilitating technology transfer from China to other developing countries in Asia and Africa to improve local uptake of biocontrol techniques and thereby making valuable contributions to sustainable agriculture production and food security. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, conference proceedings, technical reports, and patents. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He also serves as the Steering Committee member of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs (MARA) - CABI Joint Laboratory for Bio-safety in Beijing, Co-Convenor for International Working Group on Ostrinia and other maize pests (IWGO) under the International Organization of Biological Control (IOBC), Editorial Board member of Biological Control and Associate Editor for CABI Agriculture and Bioscience.