“I’m standing on the shoulders of giants” – CIAT scientist wins Hugo de Vries Award

by Neil Palmer | Apr 11, 2016

CIAT’s Colin Khoury has received the 2016 Hugo de Vries Award for his landmark doctoral thesis on changing human diets and the importance of wild plants to global food security. The annual award is a joint initiative of the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands...

Colombia post-conflict: The EU and CIAT discuss rural development for an era of peace

by Neil Palmer | Feb 10, 2016

Representatives of the European Union (EU) visited CIAT headquarters yesterday, getting a glimpse of how Colombia can transition to a post-conflict era through productive, profitable and sustainable agriculture. The prospect of an imminent end to the country’s...

Climate change to strike at the heart of Central America’s bean lands

by Neil Palmer | Feb 8, 2016

Climate change will open up a “dry corridor” in Central America that could leave thousands of farmers struggling to produce one of the region’s most important and long-established foods – beans. The findings are published today by researchers from the...

Thanks COP21… now let’s get down to business with climate-smart agriculture

by Neil Palmer | Jan 28, 2016

It’s all about the gaps, really. First, the absence of agriculture from international policy discussions on climate change – that was a major one. It was always transport-this, energy-that. With agriculture responsible for around quarter of greenhouse gas emissions,...

Making the business case for climate-smart agriculture

by Neil Palmer | Dec 18, 2015

If you’re a regular visitor to the CIAT blog, you’ll already know that climate change is expected to take a big bite out of chocolate production. A storm is brewing for coffee too. You’ve probably also been hearing that climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can help farmers...