Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 28, 2019

Verónica Ruiz, coautora del estudio basado en Nicaragua, lleva a cabo investigación en pasturas. Crédito: UNAN When cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a potent greenhouse gas – than when absorbed by healthy pasture. The findings...

CIAT influences more than half a billion dollars of investment in rural development in Asia and Africa

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 22, 2019

Christine Chege (left) visiting a group of women processing and selling nutrient-dense products in Katsina in north Nigeria. Over the last six months, a team of researchers from International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Sustainable Food Systems initiative...

“Green manure” cover crops – why they deserve a second chance

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 20, 2018

Authors: Rolf Sommer and Birthe Paul What goes around comes around! Green manure cover crops – or GMCCs, as we affectionately call them – have some history. The idea to grow plants that protect the soil and improve its fertility dates back some two to three decades at...

Understanding cassava seed networks to curb disease spread in Southeast Asia

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 11, 2018

Cassava stem traders unload trucks in Eastern Cambodia. Photo: CIAT Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) If you have a garden, you probably buy seeds from the store, or maybe even swap some varieties with your friends or...

Transforming food systems under a changing climate: building consensus on action

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2018

Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)  The debate on agriculture in UN climate change negotiations is shifting from setting the agenda towards building consensus on an action plan. The Agriculture...