Milking opportunity in the foothills of Mount Kenya

by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 13, 2020

Children at Simon and Sylvia’s dairy farm in Meru, Kenya, drinking milk. (Photo: Georgina Smith). Written by Georgina Smith and Rosemary Nzuki. When Simon and Sylvia Kiruja started their farm three years ago, they never imagined it would get so big they would need a...

Coupling biophysical modeling results and local farmer preferences to optimize land use in Ethiopia

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...

There is still time to apply for the US$2 million Food System Vision Prize!

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...

CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia

by Rosemary Nzuki | Jan 13, 2020

CIAT CHAMPIONS CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia By Rosemary Nzuki | Dic 20, 2020 “Working to help the Ministry of Education in the Kenya Educational Sector Support Program made me realize the power of data for decision making.” Throughout his university...

Subnational climate-smart agriculture (CSA) action planning: Lessons learned with Veronica Ndetu, head of the Climate Change Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture

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...

Strengthening Partnerships for Agricultural Resilience in Africa

by Rosemary Nzuki | Dec 18, 2019

Morocco, 13 December 2019…The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) signed an agreement for future joint research with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco. Going forward, the UM6P and the Alliance between Bioversity International...