Preparing cocoa production for an unknown future

by Christian Bunn | Feb 11, 2019

Worldwide demand is growing for cocoa products while production is under pressure from pests and diseases, unsustainable production practices and an adverse changing climate. In a world that is increasingly competing for finite resources, cocoa production will have to...

Only tortillas and beans

by Diana Carolina Lopera | Aug 1, 2018

Every day we hear expressions like these in rural households in Guatemala. Families must make decisions on how to distribute food within their household. Not only on the food produced on their own farms – that often is scarce due to constant droughts affecting crops –...

Sustainable agriculture and livestock for dry tropical forest conservation

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jul 17, 2018

Sustainable agriculture and livestock for dry tropical forest conservation por Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jul 16, 2018 The cotton-top tamarin monkey is just one example of the richness, in terms of biodiversity, that lives in the dry forest and  is currently threatened....

Agriculture across borders

by Madelline Romero | May 15, 2018

CATAS and CIAT set priority agenda for collaborative research in China and Southeast Asia China is a major importer of agricultural products and ASEAN’s biggest trading partner. With nearly two billion people and many rapidly urbanizing areas between them, it comes as...

In Nairobi summit, CIAT to officially launch Africa climate-smart agriculture profiles

by Maria Eliza Villarino | May 9, 2018

Sebastian Grey makes a presentation on the Ethiopia climate-smart agriculture (CSA) country profile. He is the CIAT CSA country profiles coordinator. Photo by: T. Muchaba / CCAFS CIAT is rolling out climate-smart agriculture (CSA) profiles for four additional African...