by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 12, 2020
A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities. The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges As...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first Growing up in...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
Steve Beebe (R), the leader of CIAT’s bean program, guides colleagues from Central America and Africa through an experimental greenhouse at CIAT’s campus in Palmira, Colombia. The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
If your goal for the new year is to make a difference in your community, country, or beyond, the Food System Vision Prize could be the chance to make your dream a reality. The US$2 million prize, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is accepting applications until...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 20, 2019
By Ivy Kinyua and Rosemary Nzuki Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is the proposed approach in the face of climate variability. The government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is playing an active role in advocating for the uptake of CSA both nationally...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 18, 2019
How might we envision regenerative and nourishing food futures for 2050? For food systems to be regenerative, nourishing, and able to provide for 10 billion people, they will need to be very different than they are today. A positive, inspirational Vision, in which we...
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