by Sean Mattson | Apr 9, 2019
The discovery of genes responsible for asexual reproduction in a tropical grass may reduce negative impacts of cattle farming. The grass captures carbon, reduces gas emissions from soils, restores degraded land, and improves cattle health and productivity. Cattle are...
by Sean Mattson | Apr 2, 2019
The GeoFarmer app allows community workers and smallholders to easily collect and share information on climate-related agricultural interventions. Development agencies can use the tool to gather effective feedback and to respond to emergent climate needs. When a...
by Sean Mattson | Apr 1, 2019
By combining the latest crop models and local expertise in Vietnam, Uganda and Nicaragua, scientists developed a process to pinpoint where cash crops and food security are most threatened by climate change. The tool can help streamline climate spending. Climate change...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Mar 12, 2019
Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. One promising approach to help achieve those simultaneously is designing and promoting sustainable land use systems that incorporate the views of all the stakeholders in the value...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 11, 2019
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris Agreement emissions targets are met. Projections show parts of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Australia will be drier, while the tropics and north will be wetter. Even if humans...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 8, 2019
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today announced a five-year project that will use satellite imagery to address environment and development challenges across the Amazon...
“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 ...