by José Luis Urrea | Jan 18, 2019
By Pat Heslop-Harrison, University of Leicester (with collaborators listed below) Tropical grassland grazing by cattle provides food for millions of people, and livelihoods for huge numbers of farmers and smallholders in developing countries. Pastures and rangelands...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 20, 2018
Authors: Rolf Sommer and Birthe Paul What goes around comes around! Green manure cover crops – or GMCCs, as we affectionately call them – have some history. The idea to grow plants that protect the soil and improve its fertility dates back some two to three decades at...
by José Luis Urrea | Dec 20, 2018
Written by Jessica Mukiri The second CLEANED training occurred Nov. 21-23. Similar to the previous training in Rwanda, the participants were personnel from the livestock sectors, this time from Ethiopia and Kenya. Participants included researchers, livestock...
by José Luis Urrea | Dec 20, 2018
Written by Jessica Mukiri A team from the Tropical Forages Program at CIAT has been working on CLEANED*, an Excel-based ex-ante tool that assesses the environmental impacts of livestock, over the past four years. The tool’s first version was published at the beginning...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 14, 2018
Countries have ambitious land-restoration goals, including Initiative 20x20, which aims to restore 20 million hectares in Latin America by 2020. CIAT’s Lou Verchot and colleagues are evaluating the progress in restoration across the region. What does land restoration...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 11, 2018
Cassava stem traders unload trucks in Eastern Cambodia. Photo: CIAT Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) If you have a garden, you probably buy seeds from the store, or maybe even swap some varieties with your friends or...
by Sylvain Delerce | Dec 10, 2018
In any market, asymmetry of information between providers and clients is a fertile ground for misunderstandings and eventually deception. In the emerging market of digital services for agriculture, the same rule applies. In addition, trust is critical to achieve...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2018
Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) The debate on agriculture in UN climate change negotiations is shifting from setting the agenda towards building consensus on an action plan. The Agriculture...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 6, 2018
Climate-smart agriculture boosts yields, mitigates extreme weather, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. A study in Central America, Africa, and Asia points to profitable opportunities for farmers and the environment. Cacao farmers in Nicaragua lose their crop, the...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 5, 2018
Frequency of Technology Clusters Considered Climate-Smart by Select Crops (global) A report launched by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the World Bank at COP24 analyses efforts to transform farming with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in...
“Foreign” crops – from maize to mangoes – dominate national ... 
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Strength in diversity: How cassava intercropping benefits the crops, the ... 
Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s ...