9 ways to get climate-smart agriculture to more people

by Georgina Smith | Nov 17, 2017

Understanding which agricultural practices work best, and where, to halt the impacts of climate change is one thing. But making sure those practices are adopted by communities – farmers, decision and policy makers – is another thing. The process of getting better...

In Bonn, CIAT scientists collect prestigious UN award

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Nov 14, 2017

Dr. Daniel Jimenez and Dr. Julian Ramirez represent the 30-plus researchers of CIAT and CCAFS working on climate services during the awarding ceremony of the 2017 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in...

Sharing data wasn’t cool, but neither were we – how WorldClim changed my life

by Andy Jarvis | Oct 26, 2017

I was working on toilets at the time. Suddenly, I found myself part of one of the biggest scientific movements in the history of CGIAR. It was 2005. As a geospatial analyst, I had a short contract to map the best places to install latrines in rural Nicaragua. While I...

In Ghana’s cocoa industry, a strong push to make farms ‘climate-smart’

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...

Climate services for smarter farming – what’s it all about?

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 5, 2017

Dr. Julian Ramirez-Villegas, a Climate Impacts Scientist, at CIAT and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT   Over the last few years, CIAT, CCAFS and their partners* have been doing...