by Rosemary Nzuki | Mar 16, 2020
Some of the writeshop participants. Authors: Lulseged Tamene and Rosemary Nzuki. Researchers in Ethiopia have for years generated data and knowledge to tackle agricultural challenges. However, little value has been obtained from these invaluable assets that remain...
by Natalia Gutiérrez | Mar 12, 2020
Cocoa farmers are struggling with climate change effects, and the situation will not change unless adaptation measures are timely put in place. Most good agricultural practices, if correctly applied, can provide resilience against shocks and provide sustainability for...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 11, 2020
Lake Tana besieged by the deadly hyacinth. Authors: Lulseged Tamane and Wuletawu Abera Lake Tana is the most important freshwater lake in Ethiopia, holding up to 50% of the country’s water and serving as the main source of the Blue Nile, which provides valuable...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Mar 11, 2020
Xaverine on her wheat farm. In April 2018, heavy rains pounded the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda with torrents of water washing down to Burera Village causing flooding and destroying property as they went along. Ms. Xaverine Nyiransabimana, a widow, is one of the...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 9, 2020
Farmer input is essential to tackling global challenges of climate change, rural poverty and nutrition. A new data collection tool aims to build the biggest open-access dataset of its kind for development and research Top-down projects for improving the lives of poor...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 2, 2020
By Caroline Mwongera With climate change, the issues of land are becoming more important. Land conditions are vulnerable to ongoing climate change, including increased rainfall intensity, flooding, drought frequency and severity, heat stress, dry spells, wind and...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 28, 2020
The final beneficiaries are small cacao producers and their families, with a focus on reducing their vulnerability to the impact of the new food safety regulation and climate change. (Photo: ©2017 CIAT/NeilPalmer) The Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) is the...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 20, 2020
Originally posted by HarvestPlus at https://www.harvestplus.org/knowledge-market/in-the-news/video-how-iron-beans-gained-ground-rwanda “We eat these beans at home. I saw change in my child, who became healthier and weighed very well,” says Jaqueline Mushimiyimana, a...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 13, 2020
Children at Simon and Sylvia’s dairy farm in Meru, Kenya, drinking milk. (Photo: Georgina Smith). Written by Georgina Smith and Rosemary Nzuki. When Simon and Sylvia Kiruja started their farm three years ago, they never imagined it would get so big they would need a...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 12, 2020
A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities. The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges As...
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