Exploit local-level opportunities for sustainable land management: Lessons from a multistakeholder platform in Tanzania

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 2, 2020

By Caroline Mwongera With climate change, the issues of land are becoming more important. Land conditions are vulnerable to ongoing climate change, including increased rainfall intensity, flooding, drought frequency and severity, heat stress, dry spells, wind and...

Regional research project seeks to promote the development of cacao to continue competing in the European market

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 28, 2020

The final beneficiaries are small cacao producers and their families, with a focus on reducing their vulnerability to the impact of the new food safety regulation and climate change. (Photo: ©2017 CIAT/NeilPalmer) The Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) is the...

Video: How Iron Beans Gained Ground in Rwanda

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 20, 2020

Originally posted by HarvestPlus at https://www.harvestplus.org/knowledge-market/in-the-news/video-how-iron-beans-gained-ground-rwanda “We eat these beans at home. I saw change in my child, who became healthier and weighed very well,” says Jaqueline Mushimiyimana, a...

The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020

The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first Growing up in...

A wild bean’s genes may help a key crop thrive on a hotter Earth

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020

Steve Beebe (R), the leader of CIAT’s bean program, guides colleagues from Central America and Africa through an experimental greenhouse at CIAT’s campus in Palmira, Colombia. The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is...