Providing game-changing technologies to help farmers better manage their soil and water resources

by Kennedy Ng’ang’a | Jul 29, 2016

Across Africa, poor soils and widespread soil degradation are limiting growth in agricultural production and threatening the viability of food systems. Yet healthy soils are vital to maintaining food security, whole-farm productivity and smallholder incomes. Healthy...

CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa

by Georgina Smith | Jul 22, 2016

CIAT is pleased to welcome Dr. Debisi Araba as Regional Director for Africa. With extensive experience in agricultural policy and project implementation, he will work with the team to establish a vision and strategy for CIAT’s pan-Africa research programs, building on...

Eating high-iron beans reduces iron deficiency in just a few months

by Georgina Smith | Jul 19, 2016

Eating specially-bred, high-iron beans twice-a-day for just four-and-a-half months reduced iron deficiency and anaemia in young women in Rwanda, according to a new study. Iron deficiency is the world’s leading nutritional ailment, particularly in developing countries....

How much do countries benefit from one another’s crop diversity?

by Colin Khoury | Jul 18, 2016

Bananas originated in South and Southeast Asia, and are now produced throughout the world’s tropics and eaten in at least 192 countries worldwide. Quinoa came from the South American Andes, and is currently cultivated in almost 100 nations. Countries clearly depend on...

Less talk more action, special issue: it’s time to save our soils

by Juliet Braslow | Jul 13, 2016

Published by: Juliet Braslow and Rolf Sommer “Let’s be frank: we are making too little progress on protecting soils in sub-Saharan Africa from physical or chemical degradation!” That’s how this new soil-focused special issue is framed by the editors. Soils provide the...

Guiding decision making in agriculture for a triple-win

by Georgina Smith | Jul 8, 2016

Guiding decision making in agriculture for a triple-win  When this study called for policy makers to set realistic targets towards meeting the Paris climate agreement some weeks back, authors were calling for real milestones to measure global progress. But...