The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging crop diseases

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 28, 2019

More than 20 percent of the five staple crops that provide half the globe’s caloric intake are lost to pests each year. Climate change and global trade drive the spread, emergence, and re-emergence of crop disease, and containment action is often inefficient,...

Increasing soil carbon improves food security and income in Western Kenya

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 11, 2019

Authored by: Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a, Ph.D, and Dorcas Onyango Jalang’o, M.Sc. A new study on socioeconomic factors that constrain or facilitate the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya by CIAT examines the role of soil carbon on household...

Colombia could lose 60% of land suitable for irrigated rice due to climate change

by Sean Mattson | May 28, 2019

Unchecked emissions will reduce land suitable for rice in Colombia, underscoring how geography limits options for crops. Unlike China, where rice paddies can move to higher latitudes, Colombian production may go to higher altitudes without climate action Without...

Climate-smart coffee in Uganda

by Christian Bunn | May 24, 2019

Women do most of the labor on coffee farms in Uganda (Picture ©HRNS Alliance for Resilient Coffee Uganda) Cross-posted from: Medium At the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) we believe that adaptation to climate change should not be driven by a long...

More bang for the climate buck: study identifies hotspots for adaptation funding

by Sean Mattson | Apr 1, 2019

By combining the latest crop models and local expertise in Vietnam, Uganda and Nicaragua, scientists developed a process to pinpoint where cash crops and food security are most threatened by climate change. The tool can help streamline climate spending. Climate change...