Video: How Iron Beans Gained Ground in Rwanda

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 20, 2020

Originally posted by HarvestPlus at https://www.harvestplus.org/knowledge-market/in-the-news/video-how-iron-beans-gained-ground-rwanda “We eat these beans at home. I saw change in my child, who became healthier and weighed very well,” says Jaqueline Mushimiyimana, a...

Milking opportunity in the foothills of Mount Kenya

by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 13, 2020

Children at Simon and Sylvia’s dairy farm in Meru, Kenya, drinking milk. (Photo: Georgina Smith). Written by Georgina Smith and Rosemary Nzuki. When Simon and Sylvia Kiruja started their farm three years ago, they never imagined it would get so big they would need a...

Coupling biophysical modeling results and local farmer preferences to optimize land use in Ethiopia

by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 12, 2020

A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities. The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges As...

Call for a visiting researcher for Applied Economics Lab

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Feb 5, 2020

Adapted Icons from: Gan Khoon Lay / The Noun Project The Applied Economics Lab team is looking for a visiting researcher to collaborate in the impact assessment of the Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project.  The MOCCA Project is...

Protected: Ideal Diets – Call for visiting researcher 2020

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jan 28, 2020

CREDITS: Photo: Pixabay • Icon adapted from: faisalovers / The Noun Project We are seeking a Master’s or Ph.D. student, with co-funding to partially support their fellowship/internship at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Expertise in Public...

The wild relatives of major vegetables, needed for climate resilience, are in danger

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020

The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first Growing up in...