Characterizing agrobiodiversity in one valley: Worlds of two ethnic minority communities, at different scales: An intern perspective

by Madelline Romero | Jul 26, 2017

by Charlotte Phillips| Jul 26, 2017 As my first time in Asia, a recent graduate of Biological Sciences and interested in the conservation of agrobiodiversity and food sustainability, I joined the CIAT Asia team at the beginning of February for a 3-month student...

Social dimensions of a cassava production and value-chain: Why do the poor continue with unsustainable cassava production?

by Madelline Romero | Jul 26, 2017

Cassava trial fields in Son La, Vietnam. Photo by Hieu Trong. Grabbed from Facebook group, ACIAR Cassava Value Chain and Livelihood Program. by Nozomi Kawarazuka| Jul 26, 2017 The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has been working with the...

Mission: Establish thousands of resilient agricultural communities

by Madelline Romero | Jul 24, 2017

In thirty years, the Philippines may become even more dependent on imports of rice, coffee, vegetables, and pork. This is due in part to decreased crop yields because of increased water and heat stress, increased incidence of pests and diseases, and shifts in crop...

Our land is wise: it will treat us the way we treat it

by Nadia Staiger | Jun 27, 2017

18th WOCAT Networking Meeting ‒ Promoting Sustainable Land Management and Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals Seventy percent of the world’s available water resources are being used in agriculture, while 43% of degradation worldwide is caused by...

Boosting African agribusiness with a new generation of cooperatives

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Jun 23, 2017

For the International Day of Cooperatives to be celebrated on 1 July, the Linking Farmers to Markets team of CIAT and the Enhancing Development through Cooperatives (EDC) initiative of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) just published a...

WOCAT – success stories that the world can learn from

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 18, 2017

Food security depends on productive crop and pasture land. Yet these are increasingly threatened by challenges including climate change, land degradation and competition over limited resources. Currently over half of the land used for agriculture worldwide is...