CIAT launches regional knowledge hub to support climate change action

by Madelline Romero | Apr 9, 2017

As more and more organizations in Asia undertake initiatives to address the consequences of a warming climate, our knowledge about climate change and how it affects agriculture in various countries has become vast. But the challenge – especially for decision makers in...

Responding to climate shocks at community level in Kenya

by Georgina Smith | Feb 15, 2017

Responding to climate shocks at community level: new profiles offer Kenya a roadmap ; Kenya has been bracing itself for drought since last year. Three in four Kenyans live in rural areas and depend on agriculture – a sector accounting for half of GDP. County Director...

CIAT directly engages with the European Cocoa Industry

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Oct 6, 2016

l Illustrations by Floris Oudshoorn. Click to check out more of his work! “If this ship sinks, there won’t be any chocolate in Europe” – To close the European Cocoa Forum held on 15 and 16 September 2016 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the European Cocoa Association...

Guiding decision making in agriculture for a triple-win

by Georgina Smith | Jul 8, 2016

Guiding decision making in agriculture for a triple-win  When this study called for policy makers to set realistic targets towards meeting the Paris climate agreement some weeks back, authors were calling for real milestones to measure global progress. But...

Big Data for Climate Smart Agriculture in Kenya

by Daniel Jimenez | Jun 17, 2016

“This is where the rubber hits the road,” said the World Bank’s Erick Fernandes, opening the first Big Data for Agriculture Roadshow in East Africa in Nairobi, on Wednesday May 24th. Speaking to participants from government, the private sector and research...