by Fernando Rodriguez Camayo | Dec 6, 2016
As part of the initiative Cocoa for Peace, promoted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), CIAT’s research team Linking Farmers to Markets (LFM), Purdue University, and the United States Department of Agriculture...
by Fernando Rodriguez Camayo | Nov 17, 2016
On Thursday, 24 June, CIAT took part in the official launch of the project Cocoa for Peace at the home of the US ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, in Bogotá. Over the next 5 years, this initiative will seek to enhance the cocoa value chain – as part of...
by Fernando Rodriguez Camayo | Nov 9, 2016
To overcome a coffee production deficit, the government of Ecuador is stimulating the purchase of locally produced robusta beans, in the hope of creating a more favorable atmosphere for improved relations between the coffee industry and domestic growers. The industry...
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