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Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need of collection, says new research
First of its kind global mapping project reveals gaps in wild crop genetic diversity for agriculture to adapt to future climate change.
Information Services at CIAT
CIAT library, part of CIAT’s Data, Information and Knowledge group, has evolved to make sure your information needs are still being met, and that your own work is being managed properly, as per today’s standards.
Filming for change: When farmers get BEHIND the camera
Handing over a video camera and equipment may not be your first thought, but it is a fascinating possibility that leads to learning on many levels.
Climate-triggered pest and disease invaders threaten US$5 billion cassava industry in Asia
A new study published in Pest Management Science warns of devastating threats to cassava – a top starch-producing crop – creeping through Southeast Asia and heading for Indonesia, where cassava is a prime food.
Finalization of ASSETS’ fieldwork activities in the Amazon
We are happy to announce that the data collection phase of the social component of the ASSETS project is finished. We conducted participatory rural appraisal excercises, household surveys and food diaries. One of the aspects addressed with the PRAs and household surveys was to understand the gender aspects related to livelihoods and ecosystem services. To illustrate these, let’s take a look into the preliminary findings of the project in our study sites.
Climate smart cocoa picks up steam in Ghana
A cross-section of more than 50 people representing the Ghana cocoa sector came together March 9 in Accra to review the advances of the Climate Smart Value Chain project being implemented by CIAT, IITA, Rainforest Alliance, Root Capital and the Sustainable Food Lab.
New research exposes urgent need to transform key agriculture regions across Africa by as early as 2025
Study quantifies the threat that climate change poses to nine staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa and outlines actions and timeline required to adapt.
Creating the state of the art for agricultural research in Latin America
In early February, ASTI organized a technical review and outreach workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), held at the CIAT campus. The workshop brought together ASTI’s national focal points: key contacts who have been coordinating national survey rounds over the last year or so to update agricultural research data on investment, human capacity, and outputs for nearly every country in the region.
Cooperative Research Seminar (CRS) organized by EDC
On the 3rd of February 2016, the EDC partners organized a Cooperative Research Seminar (CRS) in the “Cooperative Hall of Fame” at NCBA-CLUSA, in Washington DC (see the official invitation, agenda and list of participants). The objective of the seminar was to present...
New Climate-Smart Village in Vietnam tackling climate change in agriculture
On Wednesday, February 24th, a project will be launched in Ma village, in Vietnam’s northern Yen Bai District, as part of a region-wide initiative to tackle climate change in agriculture. The Climate-Smart Village of Ma is one of two climate-smart villages in Vietnam, chosen due to its vulnerability to specific climate challenges in the region including drought, cold snaps and declining soil fertility.