Climate-triggered pest and disease invaders threaten US$5 billion cassava industry in Asia

by Georgina Smith | Mar 16, 2016

More intense dry spells and rain are favoring the spread of pests and diseases that could threaten Southeast Asia’s multi-billion dollar cassava industry and food security, according to a new study published in Pest Management Science. The third largest source of...

New Climate-Smart Village in Vietnam tackling climate change in agriculture

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

Cross–posted from the CCAFS blog A project launch and field trip in Yen Bai province on 24 February will showcase successful climate-smart agriculture interventions in Vietnam On Wednesday, February 24th, a project will be launched in Ma village, in Vietnam’s...

An eye on deforestation: Terra-i goes to Asia

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

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...

Kick-starting food resilience in Philippines

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

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...

Honor for major food security contributions in Southeast Asia

by Georgina Smith | Jan 19, 2016

Two scientists with a long history of collaboration with CIAT have been honored for contributions towards the world’s most widely grown cassava variety – now grown by 60 to 75 percent of all cassava farmers in Thailand and Vietnam – and a key food security crop and...