by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2016
By Irene van Loosen This week CIAT’s Linking Farmers to Markets team published a new policy brief on Traditional Markets for Poverty Reduction and Food Security: Exploring Policy Options in Honduras and Nicaragua. The project, funded by the Ford Foundation, was...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 10, 2020
On Friday, May 29, a national dialog was held: “Colombia’s food system in times of COVID-19,” organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Experts spoke about the need to digitize agriculture, educate the consumer, and promote associativity in...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jun 9, 2020
Photo credit: Christine Chege / CIAT COVID-19 has only further complicated the challenge of feeding growing cities across Africa and the rest of the world. Researchers are listening to vulnerable urban populations to help develop better, sustainable food system...
by Augusto Castro | Jun 5, 2020
Photo credit: Terra-i Deforestation has many drivers but one is often overlooked: food consumption in cities that increases demand for products produced on deforested land. To be successful, tropical countries’ zero-deforestation policies need to address...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 2, 2020
By CIMMYT The 2020 IAAA award recognizes groundbreaking data systems and tools helping more than 150,000 farmers in Mexico. While technology and data analysis have revolutionized farming in high-income countries, farmers in low-income nations have often been left out....