by Adriana Varón | Oct 19, 2017
The vision for a deforestation-free Amazon By Adriana Varón | Apr 27, 2017 The Amazon Vision Program, an initiative of the Colombian Government and supported by the Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and Germany, aims to promote a new development model in the...
by Ivy Kinyua | Oct 18, 2017
The Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Country Profile (CP) initiative is a series of publications containing a brief yet comprehensive overview of the agricultural context and challenges in each country through a climate-smart agriculture lens, and provides a snapshot...
by Mercy Lungaho | Oct 18, 2017
At the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in some lush...
by Georgina Smith | Oct 13, 2017
Women play an important role in rural agriculture. This International Day of Rural Women, we visit two farmers in Ethiopia who are transforming their rural livelihoods and making a difference in their communities. Bula Muda is a farmer in a rural area a few hour’s...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 12, 2017
CIAT Research Associate Sandra Valdes holds a petri dish with germinating rice seeds that are part of a a study to prove if a single gene may offer resistance to the destructive hoja blanca virus. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT CIAT Research Assistant Alejandro Brand...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 12, 2017
The game-changing work of the researchers at CIAT and CCAFS, which uses big data techniques and involves working with local partners to develop climate and agricultural forecasts for farmers in Colombia and Honduras, is named a winner of UNFCCC’s Momentum for...
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