Low emission livestock – how to quantify gains across Africa?

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 4, 2019

The focus on the negative impacts of livestock overshadows its multiple positive contributions to livelihoods of smallholders in Africa in terms of nutrition, draft power, manure for soil fertilization, asset and risk management. For example in Ethiopia, people...

Strengthening institutional and human capacity on National Livestock Market Information system in Ethiopia

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 20, 2019

Photo: Sintayehu Alemayehu By Alamayehu Sintayehu and Rosemary Nzuki. Even with the largest livestock population in Africa, Ethiopia does not benefit from its livestock resource due to various factors. The absence of strong market information system is one of the key...

Bioversity International to mark 45th anniversary

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2019

CIAT’s Alliance partner, Bioversity International, celebrates its 45th anniversary on May 20. In collaboration with the Government of Italy – the Center’s host nation – and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bioversity will mark the day...

Where do we see our world in 2050?

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2019

Geoffrey Hawtin What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends, there is a range of highly contrasting outcomes In one scenario, these bedrocks of society will have continued down their current path and faced...

CIAT leads €5.2 million project for forest conservation, climate protection and peace in Colombia

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 4, 2019

In the context of ongoing debates surrounding the recently approved Colombian National Development Plan’s deforestation targets, there is reason for optimism regarding forest conservation. In a new agreement that highlights CIAT’s commitment to working with local...