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...

Policy influence as a pathway to impact

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 10, 2016

Nearly a year ago, I published this reflection on the importance of public policy in shaping outcomes for coffee supply chain actors. Policies at origin and in the marketplace are a primary determinant of who participates in the coffee trade and how. And yet, efforts...

Peace in Colombia – an opportunity for rural development

by Ruben G. Echeverría | Feb 9, 2016

This article first appeared in Spanish in Colombia’s national newspaper El Tiempo, on Tuesday, 9th February, 2016.   I was a teenager when I first learned about the civil war in Colombia. I heard the news on the radio in my native Uruguay. Five decades...

Climate change to strike at the heart of Central America’s bean lands

by Neil Palmer | Feb 8, 2016

Climate change will open up a “dry corridor” in Central America that could leave thousands of farmers struggling to produce one of the region’s most important and long-established foods – beans. The findings are published today by researchers from the...

Making the business case for climate-smart agriculture

by Neil Palmer | Dec 18, 2015

If you’re a regular visitor to the CIAT blog, you’ll already know that climate change is expected to take a big bite out of chocolate production. A storm is brewing for coffee too. You’ve probably also been hearing that climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can help farmers...