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Aclímate Colombia (Acclimatize Colombia), a new light for Colombian farmers
Con el propósito de ayudar a los agricultores colombianos a estar más preparados para enfrentar nuevos patrones climáticos y adaptarse mejor a la variabilidad climática, el CIAT, a través de su área de investigación en Análisis de Políticas y Decisiones (DAPA) capacitó a los equipos de agro-climatología y sistemas de ... ➤
How much carbon is stored within the transformed landscapes of the Amazon?
Within the project Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes (SAL), we are going to answer this question by using test plots to estimate the amount of carbon and vegetative biodiversity that exists under different land use scenarios ... ➤
Can development and conservation go hand in hand in Colombia’s Orinoquia region?
A diverse group of environmental and private sector specialists met in Bogotá last week to discuss how to achieve sustainable development in Colombia’s Orinoco region ... ➤
A different kind of scarecrow
A novel approach from Japan is being tested in CIAT fields with the goal of enabling rice farmers in Colombia and Latin America to make quick, wise, and exacting decisions about their crops based on real-time agricultural data ... ➤
Yes, efforts to reduce deforestation and build peace can take the same road
What can the countries who are currently fighting to slow down deforestation and the degradation of their forests possibly have in common? A lot! ... ➤
Characterizing agrobiodiversity in one valley: Worlds of two ethnic minority communities, at different scales: An intern perspective
As my first time in Asia, a recent graduate of Biological Sciences and interested in the conservation of agrobiodiversity and food sustainability ... ➤
Social dimensions of a cassava production and value-chain: Why do the poor continue with unsustainable cassava production?
The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has been working with the University of Queensland (UQ) and national partners in Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia to improve the livelihoods of upland farmers engaged in the cassava value chain ... ➤
CIAT guest editor of the KM4Dev journal on ‘Open research, open data, and your development organization’
CIAT with lead guest editor Megan Zandstra coordinated the Volume 13, Issue 2 of the KM4Dev Journal on 'Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development'. Guest Editors were Megan Zandstra, Simone Staiger-Rivas, Leroy Mwanzia, Abby Clobridge, Iryna Kuchma, Abraham Azubuike, ... ➤
Mission: Establish thousands of resilient agricultural communities
In thirty years, the Philippines may become even more dependent on imports of rice, coffee, vegetables, and pork ... ➤
Nine ways to take climate-smart agriculture to scale in Africa
By Caroline Mwongera When I went to Northern Uganda for the first time with my research team, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were of course aware of the devastation in the war-torn area, but the full scale of the impact on agricultural production – the life line of ... ➤
Enabling knowledge sharing and exchange in gender research across CGIAR: a working paper series
Gender equality is central to the three CGIAR strategic objectives of reducing poverty, improving food and nutrition security, and working towards sustainable, resilient agro-ecosystems ... ➤
Scientist Daniel Debouck receives the highest recognition of the Kingdom of Belgium
Daniel Debouck, a researcher in CIAT’s Genetic Resources Program, received the Order of Leopold, the highest recognition that the Kingdom of Belgium bestows, for his 40 years of scientific work ... ➤
Interactive Stories
Newly released interactive infographics show how the so-called “globalized diet” has emerged. They unearth a number of surprises about the foods we eat across the world. Who’d have thought ...
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Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years
When many people hear the word cassava, they immediately think of a subsistence crop. Is this really the case? It depends on who you ask ...
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Cassava: Subsistence Crop or Trendy Commodity?
In Honduras, members of the Asociación de Familias Agropecuarias Artesanales Intibucanas Lencas, ASOFAIL, strive to become the main characters in their own development. With the support of VECO MA ...
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