CIAT supports climate-smart agriculture in German development cooperation

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Oct 24, 2016

CIAT joined an interesting panel discussion on the position of the German Ministry for Cooperation on climate-smart agriculture (CSA). We pointed out that CSA does not mean to ignore alternative development objectives but represents a shift in development priorities....

Setting the climate change agenda for the world’s largest cocoa producer

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Oct 24, 2016

CIAT’s researcher Christian Bunn traveled to Ivory Coast to gather support for our initiative to make the world’s largest cocoa producer climate smart. The highlight was an invitation on behalf of the Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC) to present our impact assessment for...

CIAT directly engages with the European Cocoa Industry

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Oct 6, 2016

l Illustrations by Floris Oudshoorn. Click to check out more of his work! “If this ship sinks, there won’t be any chocolate in Europe” – To close the European Cocoa Forum held on 15 and 16 September 2016 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the European Cocoa Association...

Testing Fair Trade for All in Brazil

by Martha Del Río | Sep 28, 2016

By Martha del Rio, Stefania Sellitti, Natalia Gutiérrez Fairtrade, FT, is a social movement that aims to connect disadvantaged producers and consumers, promote fairer trading conditions and empower producers to combat poverty, strengthen their position, and take more...

New vulnerability assessment shows how climate change could redraw the agricultural map of Central America

by Neil Palmer | Sep 28, 2016

New vulnerability assessment shows how climate change could redraw the agricultural map of Central America Climate change could transform the agricultural landscape in Central America, with key crops like beans and export-quality coffee losing suitability, and...