Climate change: coming to a supermarket near you

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 4, 2016

A new documentary about how climate change will affect both coffee producers in Colombia and consumers in the developed world will air on German television this weekend. (Sunday, 6/11-4:30pm). Climate change in the supermarket aims to show how the often abstract news...

Brewing a cassava crop model

by Julian Ramirez | Nov 1, 2016

CIAT and partner research centers from Vietnam work jointly on a project to develop and test a new simulation model for cassava. The model will facilitate farm-scale decision-making for improved agronomy in Southeast Asia and globally. All models are imperfect and...

Study finds 40% more milk and tens of millions of dollars in revenue possible for African farmers adopting new drought-resistant pasture grass

by Georgina Smith | Nov 1, 2016

New varieties of high-quality, drought-resistant forage grasses could boost milk production by 40 percent and generate millions of dollars in economic benefits for struggling East African dairy farmers, according to a new analysis by experts at CIAT. “Farmers could...

LINK travels with Heifer to Asia and Africa

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Oct 27, 2016

(Don´t miss the previous parts of this story; see the links at the end of this post.) Building on its success in Central and South America, the collaborative work on value chain development and inclusive business between CIAT and Heifer International has expanded to...

The business of quick-cook beans

by Georgina Smith | Oct 27, 2016

When it comes to transforming agriculture in Africa, the need to join forces with the private sector has surfaced again and again in recent times, notably at the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Nairobi last month. Transforming farming, and the business of...

This is what the future of coffee might taste like

by Neil Palmer | Oct 26, 2016

This is what the future of coffee might taste like There have been lots of studies into the likely impacts of climate change on gourmet coffee, and the millions of smallholders that produce it. But a study released today is a bit different. As well as predicting the...