Making adaptation efforts actionable at scale towards a climate-smart cocoa sector

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Mar 12, 2020

Cocoa farmers are struggling with climate change effects, and the situation will not change unless adaptation measures are timely put in place. Most good agricultural practices, if correctly applied, can provide resilience against shocks and provide sustainability for...

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...

Coffee value chain, meet the blockchain: cryptocurrency technology shows promise for the world’s favorite commodity

by Anton Eitzinger | Nov 20, 2019

Everyone in the coffee industry craves information, perhaps even more than a morning jolt of caffeine. Across Uganda – one of the world’s top ten coffee producers – scientists, producers, industry, and the government collect data on coffee production. They do this to...

Climate-smart coffee in Uganda

by Christian Bunn | May 24, 2019

Women do most of the labor on coffee farms in Uganda (Picture ©HRNS Alliance for Resilient Coffee Uganda) Cross-posted from: Medium At the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) we believe that adaptation to climate change should not be driven by a long...

Wild coffee plants, Christmas trees and chocolate’s tree are surprisingly poorly protected

by Sean Mattson | Nov 21, 2018

Urgent action is needed to protect thousands of useful wild plants, according to new research; the data strongly suggest international conservation targets for 2020 will not be met — even for ‘commonplace’ wild plants. Headlines about threatened...

CIAT’s research areas combine efforts to advance the Cacao for Peace initiative in Colombia

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 17, 2018

Last August, CIAT’s Research Areas in Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes and Agrobiodiversity organized a workshop to discuss and develop a work plan to summarize the instruments, methodologies, activities, and timeline of the project entitled...