by Rosemary Nzuki | Sep 25, 2019
Florence Makokha did not have a head start in life: she was married off at an early age and was not able to finish her formal education. Today, Florence is not only one of the flourishing farmers in her village but she is also a proud farmer peer educator. Her journey...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 5, 2019
CIAT held a workshop as part of the work on livestock production and environment funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), to reinforce knowledge on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) on the livestock...
by José Luis Urrea | Jul 12, 2019
This agreement will focus on developing high-productivity and eco-efficient pastures, in line with global initiatives to mitigate climate change and build sustainable food systems. As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de...
by Sean Mattson | Jun 13, 2019
Vanishing animals command headlines but declining plant diversity also imperils humans. Researchers and educators explain how curing “plant blindness” is essential to saving biodiversity and ourselves. Food plants are a great place to dig in. From our perches in the...
by Sylvia Pineda | Jun 5, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Jacobo Arango, Lead Author of the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report By Sylvia Pineda | Jun 5, 2019 Photo: José Luis Urrea / CIAT Jacobo Arango, environmental biologist from the Tropical Forages Program at CIAT, is one of the lead authors from the...