by Rosemary Nzuki | Sep 17, 2019
Written by : Peter Bolo, Job Kihara, Michael Kinyua and Dr. Fredrick Ayuke; Senior Lecturer, Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Over the years, many discussions on the benefits of conservation agriculture vis-à-vis...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 28, 2019
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) took part in the NaneNane festival held in Arusha, Tanzania, to showcase its “Mbili Mbili” technology. NaneNane, a Swahili name meaning “eight,” is an annual farmers’ festival held during the first eight days of...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 27, 2019
International Youth Day (IYD), a United Nations initiative, is commemorated yearly on 12 August to bring to the fore youth’s pivotal role in accelerating progress toward global goals. In addition, the day is meant to draw the attention of stakeholders and leaders to...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019
Louis Verchot, scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes Research Area at CIAT, provides us his views on the Special Report on Climate Change and Land, published yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), of which he was one...
by Natalia Gutiérrez | Aug 8, 2019
By Leila Serwaah Khalid and Natalia Gutiérrez CIAT collaborates with CocoaLink to help young farmers mitigate the negative effects of climate change through digital maps Ghana is one of the largest cocoa-producing countries, with over 40% of the population relying on...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 24, 2019
By: Paula A. Paz and Jhon Jairo Tello Terra-i, a project by CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) and Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) research areas, presents its “User manual – Near real-time monitoring system for the detection of vegetation loss...
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