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Strengthening traditional markets benefits small producers and poor consumers
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.
Co-operative leadership in Uganda
The CIAT Uganda team just concluded a "Cooperative Leadership Event" in Kampala-Kawanda, Uganda. The event, which took place between the 3rd and 6th of May, was the largest gathering of agricultural cooperatives and farmer organizations in Uganda. In attendance were...
Context, conflict and climate change
In an area of Northern Uganda previously wracked by civil war, today communities in the area are fighting a different battle: Climate Change. But understanding deeply rooted socio-cultural dynamics within communities is vital to help them adapt.
Could “magic beans” help ease Malawi’s maize woes?
Maize production in Malawi has been crippled by the worst drought in 30 years – but new drought resilient “magic beans” survived the tough times.
In post-conflict Colombia, what does forest conservation depend on?
There are some things that money cannot buy, including the co-benefits derived from forest conservation efforts for climate change mitigation. Actually, when it comes to conserving our forests, financial incentives do not seem to be the main motivation for deciding whether or not to conserve them.
Shifting sands: putting carbon back into soils
The world has a carbon problem, and we all know it. Tons of carbon dioxide are emitted into the atmosphere every day, contributing significantly to climate change. But slowing the rate of emissions will be no easy feat. In order to mitigate its effects, scientists are looking at alternative ways of dealing with the issue, such as carbon sequestration.
CIAT staff expresses their points of view about open data
Last November, CIAT’s Data, Information and Knowledge Management group conducted a survey to assess Center staff’s knowledge and understanding of open data access and reuse of CIAT’s data in future research.
Pathways to rural prosperity: reflections on the 2016 Science Forum
The 2016 Science Forum in Addis Ababa brought together scientists internal and external to CGIAR to rethink the pathways for agricultural research to promote rural prosperity.
Join now the First Latin American Regional Conference on Ecosystem Services
“Healthy ecosystems for resilient societies” is the theme chosen for the first Latin American regional ecosystem services conference to take place in CIAT Headquarters, at Palmira, Colombia, on 18–21 October 2016, within the framework of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP).
CIAT Annual Report 2015-2016 is out!
We build the fundamentals of sustainable food futures The world has never produced or consumed so much food. We cannot, however, ignore the pressure that food production is putting on the environment and the ecosystem services we all depend on. We cannot ignore either...