When immiscible becomes miscible

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Oct 22, 2018

Photo credit: © inkeraabe / Pixabay  Linking efforts for reducing forest-based emissions with those for delivering peace is possible. We are examining under what conditions that is possible. Last year, scientists from the University of Edinburgh discovered that under...

Feeding the world in a changing climate: An adaptation roadmap for agriculture

by Deissy Martinez Baron | Oct 16, 2018

A business-as-usual approach can be tolerated no more. The agricultural development community needs to undertake major transitions now so that food can be produced and consumed by the increasing global population even with climate change. No single solutions or...

A move to improve pasture management and cut down greenhouse gases from cattle

by José Luis Urrea | Jul 12, 2018

Cows are getting more popular – and not for good reasons, but rather for looking like the new villains. Land-use change and feed production, among others, are the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cattle production, making livestock one of the top...

CIAT turns to space technology for monitoring crop performance

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Jun 27, 2018

Artist impression of Sentinel 5p satellite. Photo by: Airbus In a not-so-distant future, rice and oil palm producers in Colombia will have access to realistic estimates of what their yields will be and the amount of greenhouse gases their fields emit in near...

Climate-smart agriculture profiles: Successes, lessons and new frontiers

by Maria Eliza Villarino | May 16, 2018

Dr. Evan Girvetz, a senior scientist at CIAT, speaks during a national stakeholder workshop on climate risk profiling held in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by:  Georgina Smith / CIAT Over the last few years, CIAT, under the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,...