Scaling up and out. The spread of sustainably productive farming practices in Vietnam

by Madelline Romero | Sep 18, 2017

Tai vách mạch rừng. The walls have ears, the forest has a path. While the old Vietnamese adage is typically said to warn about the consequences of indiscreet speech, good news seems to travel the same way – by seeping through villages’ borders and the thick northern...

Climate-smart village: What it is – and isn’t

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 13, 2017

A forthcoming paper describes the experience of CCAFS* and its partners to establish climate-smart villages across five regions around the globe. We spoke with Ana Maria Loboguerrero Rodriguez, CCAFS Regional Program Leader for Latin America and one of the paper’s...

Coffee, climate change and what it means for bees

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 11, 2017

Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns caused by climate change could reduce the suitability of lands for growing coffee in Latin America — the world’s largest coffee-producing region — by as much as 88 percent by 2050, according to new research. In...

By breathing new life into dormant data, we can see the future

by Andy Jarvis | Aug 3, 2017

Uber disrupted taxis; Tinder disrupted dating. It’s about time we disrupted food. Because something clearly isn’t working. If a fridge can tell me exactly when a stick of celery is about to reach its expiry date, why is agriculture – something we’ve been doing...

Key questions, challenging approaches, and young voices to face climate change in Latin America

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 23, 2016

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will start its second phase in 2017, and Latin America is one of its five target regions for action. Taking advantage of CCAFS Director Bruce Campbell’s presence at CIAT headquarters,...