Lessons from field day in Tanzania

by Jean Claude Rubyogo | Sep 29, 2017

More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed farm at Ngaramtoni in Arusha, Tanzania, to raise awareness among smallholder farmer about the value of planting improved bean varieties....

Uniting for impact: Four themes to drive agricultural progress in Africa

by Georgina Smith | Sep 26, 2017

A new roadmap outlining CIAT’s strategic vision for Africa 2017-2020 has been launched. The roadmap, online here, highlights the organization’s goal in the region: To promote more productive, profitable agriculture and healthier diets at no environmental cost by...

Women in science: Success and challenges in breaking the glass ceiling

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 19, 2017

From left to right: Silvia Restrepo of Universidad de los Andes, Jan Leach of Colorado State University, Patricia del Portillo of CorpoGen, and Sally Mackenzie of Pennsylvania State University speak during a panel discussion on women in science at CIAT headquarters in...

Scaling up and out. The spread of sustainably productive farming practices in Vietnam

by Madelline Romero | Sep 18, 2017

Tai vách mạch rừng. The walls have ears, the forest has a path. While the old Vietnamese adage is typically said to warn about the consequences of indiscreet speech, good news seems to travel the same way – by seeping through villages’ borders and the thick northern...

Climate-smart village: What it is – and isn’t

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 13, 2017

A forthcoming paper describes the experience of CCAFS* and its partners to establish climate-smart villages across five regions around the globe. We spoke with Ana Maria Loboguerrero Rodriguez, CCAFS Regional Program Leader for Latin America and one of the paper’s...

Coffee, climate change and what it means for bees

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 11, 2017

Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns caused by climate change could reduce the suitability of lands for growing coffee in Latin America — the world’s largest coffee-producing region — by as much as 88 percent by 2050, according to new research. In...