Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jul 30, 2019

Written by: Anna Whitton, Sandra Aronson & Lisa Gerbal  More and more we are hearing that the food system is ‘broken’ – many people aren’t getting enough to eat amidst plenty, more are eating too much when they ‘know’ they shouldn’t, and most aren’t eating the...

Could these crops save Peruvian forests?

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Jul 29, 2019

Cacao and oil palm (CIAT/Neil Palmer) There’s an emerging narrative on why deforestation happens in Latin America. And it’s not quite the story that various studies, international policies and news outlets tell. As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT...

Atlas of Climate Change Impact on cocoa production in Central America and the Caribbean

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...

The Champion Who Identified Innovative Opportunities in Honduras

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...

Terra-i user manual for monitoring land-cover changes is now available

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...

CIAT and Grupo Papalotla signed an agreement for the development of new tropical pasture hybrids

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...