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An eye on deforestation: Terra-i goes to Asia

Terra-i - the tracking database which flags deforestation - is going to Asia. The online mapping tool has checked the pulse of habitat health in Latin America since 2012, transforming real-time data every two months into habitat-change maps. Now, it will do the same...

Kick-starting food resilience in Philippines

Treading carefully through a brown field in the mid-day heat, a smallholder farmer in the Philippines points to a recent batch of cassava. Although the weather has not been favorable for some crops, his cassava harvest allowed him to pay for school fees and provide...

Two alliances working together on cocoa production in El Salvador

Two alliances acting for a sustainable increase of cocoa production in El Salvador. The Cacao Alliance, iniciative lead by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the inter-research area alliance between CIAT scientists from Soils Research Area and Ecosystem Services from DAPA are starting a new collaboration to develop a hydrological assessment and propose water secure management recommendations for three prioritized areas in El Salvador.

Scientific Research Resources for CIAT Staff – 2016

We are pleased to present you with an overview of research resources provided by the library branch of our Data, Information, and Knowledge team. All of these resources can be found on the Data, Information, and Knowledge page, under the heading Scientific Research Resources.

El monitoreo preciso de cultivos alcanza nuevas alturas

Los drones han fortalecido la investigación de diversas áreas del CIAT pues permiten la obtención de información en tiempo real que puede ser utilizada en un sinfín de aplicaciones. Así, estos equipos tecnológicos se han convertido en herramientas científicas indispensables que optimizan esfuerzos y recursos financieros.

Policy influence as a pathway to impact

Nearly a year ago, I published this reflection on the importance of public policy in shaping outcomes for coffee supply chain actors. Policies at origin and in the marketplace are a primary determinant of who participates in the coffee trade and how. And yet, efforts to influence policy are often beyond the scope of projects designed to improve the lives of vulnerable smallholder farmers and farmworkers.

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