Finalization of ASSETS’ fieldwork activities in the Amazon

by Martha Vanegas | Mar 11, 2016

Some gender insights After almost two years of field work, we are happy to announce that the data collection phase of the social component of the Attaining Sustainable Services from Ecosystems through Trade-off Scenarios (ASSETS) project is finished, thanks to the...

New research exposes urgent need to transform key agriculture regions across Africa by as early as 2025

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 7, 2016

Study quantifies the threat that climate change poses to nine staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa and outlines actions and timeline required to adapt. Agriculture in parts of sub-Saharan Africa must undergo significant transformation if it is to continue to...

Creating the state of the art for agricultural research in Latin America

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 1, 2016

In early February, Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) organized a technical review and outreach workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), held at the CIAT campus. The workshop brought together ASTI’s national focal points: key contacts who...

New Climate-Smart Village in Vietnam tackling climate change in agriculture

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

Cross–posted from the CCAFS blog A project launch and field trip in Yen Bai province on 24 February will showcase successful climate-smart agriculture interventions in Vietnam On Wednesday, February 24th, a project will be launched in Ma village, in Vietnam’s...

An eye on deforestation: Terra-i goes to Asia

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

Terra-i – the tracking database which flags deforestation – is going to Asia. The online mapping tool has checked the pulse of habitat health in Latin America since 2012, transforming real-time data every two months into habitat-change maps. Now, it will...

Kick-starting food resilience in Philippines

by Georgina Smith | Feb 23, 2016

Treading carefully through a brown field in the mid-day heat, a smallholder farmer in the Philippines points to a recent batch of cassava. Although the weather has not been favorable for some crops, his cassava harvest allowed him to pay for school fees and provide...