by Fabio Castro | Jul 25, 2019
Cocoa is an important crop in the economy of thousands of families in Central America and the Caribbean and, in the past decade, its production has gradually increased in the region. The crop has not escaped the impacts of climate change, which result in higher...
by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 24, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The Champion Who Identified Innovative Opportunities in Honduras By Sylvia Pineda | Jul 24, 2019 Jefferson Valencia, research hydrologist at CIAT, is a champion of science for advancing the development of technologies to facilitate the proper...
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...
by José Luis Urrea | Jul 12, 2019
This agreement will focus on developing high-productivity and eco-efficient pastures, in line with global initiatives to mitigate climate change and build sustainable food systems. As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de...
by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 8, 2019
Manual labor, machinery, and equipment are essential agricultural inputs; they are so critical that in their absence, agricultural food production would not be possible. Under some circumstances, what hinders crop production is having no access to enough machinery to...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 5, 2019
Crops such as bananas, potatoes and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s poorest regions. By 2050, their importance will increase, but climate change and population growth will put unprecedented pressure on production. Climate change and population...
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