Tackling Cassava Mosaic Disease in Southeast Asia

by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Oct 25, 2018

Tackling Cassava Mosaic Disease in Southeast Asia ; In December 2015, a journal publication reported evidence of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in a single plantation in Ratanakiri province in northeast Cambodia. This was the first time that Cassava Mosaic...

The climate smart villages are acknowledge by UN Environment

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 19, 2018

The Climate Smart Villages approach has been recognized by the Latin America Adaptation Awards, during National Adaption Plan Expo Regional, organized by Regatta initiative from UN Environment with the support of Spain government.   The Climate Smart Villages approach...

A family’s dairy farm is transformed with hard work, risk and steady technical help

by Sean Mattson | Oct 17, 2018

PATÍA, Colombia – A few years ago, Elena Patricia Ulloa and Jesús Velasco took a hard look at their small dairy farm and decided things needed to improve. Even during the best of times – which meant a year with lot of rain and a mild dry season – a dozen cows on six...

Feeding the world in a changing climate: An adaptation roadmap for agriculture

by Deissy Martinez Baron | Oct 16, 2018

A business-as-usual approach can be tolerated no more. The agricultural development community needs to undertake major transitions now so that food can be produced and consumed by the increasing global population even with climate change. No single solutions or...

Daniela, the producer who honors her family name: Campo (Field or Farm)

by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Oct 14, 2018

Daniela, the producer who honors her family name: Campo (Field or Farm) By: Adriana Varón ; She was born on the farm, grew up there, and today she is a prosperous tomato producer, but not just any tomato! It is an organic tomato produced in a sustainable way and...

Solving hunger and malnutrition in Africa requires business, governments, social justice

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 14, 2018

The battle against hunger and malnutrition in Africa is heading in a positive direction, with impressive gains made across the continent in recent decades. But governments and the private sector still have many obstacles and opportunities to definitively bring an end...