GCP21-II: IRIN features CIAT research on cassava and climate change

21 June, 2012 by (comments)
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News network IRIN has featured CIAT’s “Rambo root” research on cassava and climate change, as part of its coverage of the Global Cassava Partnership conference in Kampala, Uganda, this week.

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Filed Under: Africa, Cassava, CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Events

Global Cassava Modelling Consortium – launched at GCP21-II in Uganda

19 June, 2012 by (comments)
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A new global alliance of crop and climate scientists could help boost research into one of the most promising, climate-smart crops – cassava. Research published by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR’s Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Research Program earlier this year found thatRead More …

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Filed Under: Africa, Cassava, Climate Change

CIAT’s “Rambo root” research featured by Deutsche Welle

18 May, 2012 by (comments)
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Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle has just run an interesting piece based on CIAT’s “Rambo root” cassava research paper from earlier this year, which championed the crop’s resilience to climate change. Take a look.

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Filed Under: Cassava, CIAT in the media, Climate Change

“Rambo root” could beat climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa

27 February, 2012 by (comments)
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Cassava expected to “enjoy” climate change – could produce more food for millions of people A traditional root crop long neglected by modern science could be the best bet for farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to beat climate change, according to a new study by a team of climate scientists. TheRead More …

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Filed Under: Crops

BBC features CIAT’s work on coffee and climate change

30 June, 2011 by (comments)

BBC Mundo has just published this great in-depth article about coffee and climate change in Latin America. The article features the insights of CIAT climate change experts Peter Laderach and Andy Jarvis of our Decision and Policy Analysis program, as well as an abridged version of the Two Degrees Up: ColombiaRead More …

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Filed Under: CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions

Introductory Two Degrees Up climate change photofilm is online

20 January, 2011 by (comments)

A short piece introducing the recently completed Two Degrees Up series of climate change photofilms is now online. Narrated by CIAT’s Andy Jarvis, the video outlines the Two Degrees Up concept, and gives an overview of three case studies that look at the impact of climate change on smallholder farmersRead More …

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Multimedia

CIAT experts home in on endangered plants – to improve food production & climate change adaptation

11 January, 2011 by (comments)

CIAT’s Andy Jarvis – crop wild relatives by CIAT CIAT scientists are pinpointing areas around the world for the collection of some of the world’s most important plant species. The team will run computer models to determine the likely locations of endangered wild relatives of some of the world’s mostRead More …

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Filed Under: Climate Change