by Sean Mattson | Dec 14, 2018
Countries have ambitious land-restoration goals, including Initiative 20x20, which aims to restore 20 million hectares in Latin America by 2020. CIAT’s Lou Verchot and colleagues are evaluating the progress in restoration across the region. What does land restoration...
by Sylvain Delerce | Dec 10, 2018
In any market, asymmetry of information between providers and clients is a fertile ground for misunderstandings and eventually deception. In the emerging market of digital services for agriculture, the same rule applies. In addition, trust is critical to achieve...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2018
Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) The debate on agriculture in UN climate change negotiations is shifting from setting the agenda towards building consensus on an action plan. The Agriculture...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 6, 2018
Climate-smart agriculture boosts yields, mitigates extreme weather, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. A study in Central America, Africa, and Asia points to profitable opportunities for farmers and the environment. Cacao farmers in Nicaragua lose their crop, the...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 5, 2018
Frequency of Technology Clusters Considered Climate-Smart by Select Crops (global) A report launched by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the World Bank at COP24 analyses efforts to transform farming with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 28, 2018
Juan Lucas Restrepo will become Bioversity International’s Director General in March 2019. In 2020, Restrepo will become CEO of the Alliance between Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. The Boards of Trustees of Bioversity...
“Foreign” crops – from maize to mangoes – dominate national ... 
Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past ... 
CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa 
Study finds 40% more milk and tens of millions of ... 
On the trail of ancient treasure in Peru 
New study: Up to 7 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide ...