Helping build sustainably productive farming systems through the work of the Asian Cassava Breeders, and Forage Legumes, Networks

by Madelline Romero | Dec 21, 2017

Researchers from eight Asian countries – Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam – gathered on December 12-13, 2017 in Haikou City, China, to form the Asian Forage Legumes Network. This is in response to the increasing pressure for...

Sweet deliverance by sweetpotato

by Madelline Romero | Nov 3, 2017

Like many of his neighbors, Nguyen Duc Du relied on government food aid when typhoons – which regularly visited Tan Tien village in Quang Binh province – destroyed their rice crops. Except one time, nearly a decade ago, when the valley got flooded and no relief teams...

Strength in diversity: How cassava intercropping benefits the crops, the farmer, and the environment

by Madelline Romero | Oct 20, 2017

Photo by Madelline Romero/CIAT Cassava currently covers 25 million hectares worldwide, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization – more than all the land in the entire United Kingdom. At this huge scale, the impacts of agriculture on the...

Multi-stakeholder efforts blend into one national coffee and climate change strategy in Vietnam

by Madelline Romero | Sep 29, 2017

Photo by Nguyen Duy Nhiem/CIAT Representatives from both public and private sectors lament that water-related challenges, including those that later affect the quality of coffee, are the biggest threats to Vietnam’s coffee industry, which fulfils approximately 40...

CIAT and ICAR expand partnership addressing challenges to South Asian agriculture

by Madelline Romero | Sep 29, 2017

Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have signed a three-year work plan, kicking off an expanded set of research and capacity building activities between the two...