by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 9, 2017
A cacao pod. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT A consortium involving the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the Rainforest Alliance, Root Capital, and the Sustainable Food Lab is gaining ground...
by Fernando Rodriguez Camayo | Dec 6, 2016
As part of the initiative Cocoa for Peace, promoted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), CIAT’s research team Linking Farmers to Markets (LFM), Purdue University, and the United States Department of Agriculture...
by Fernando Rodriguez Camayo | Nov 17, 2016
On Thursday, 24 June, CIAT took part in the official launch of the project Cocoa for Peace at the home of the US ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, in Bogotá. Over the next 5 years, this initiative will seek to enhance the cocoa value chain – as part of...
by Shadi Azadegan | Nov 16, 2016
Amidst the green mantle that covers the steep hillsides of Nicaragua’s mountainous center-north region, Doreyda Dávila proudly surveys her cocoa trees. “I have two manzanas (1.4 ha) of cocoa. They’re still little, but they’re growing,” she smiles. “It is hope that we...
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...