An exciting announcement from our partners, HarvestPlus: Latin American countries (LAC) are about to benefit from a renewed effort to improve nutrition and public health. AgroSalud, a program that has been developing more nutritious staple food crops for LAC has been integrated into HarvestPlus, a global program that improves nutritionRead More …
Global nutrition program to revitalize efforts in Latin American and Caribbean
15 May, 2012 by (comments)Filed Under: Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
Nicaragua: water harvesting work featured in New Agriculturist
8 May, 2012 by (comments)
If you’ve ever been to Nicaragua during the dry season, you’ll know why we’ve been getting very excited about some water harvesting rpojects there. For the latest on the work – by the CIAT-based Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR) – have a look at this feature, just publishedRead More …
Filed Under: Agro-ecology and Economics, CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
BBC photo gallery features six CIAT projects to mark Earth Day
7 May, 2012 by (comments)
The Spanish language news site BBC Mundo has featured six CIAT projects as part of a 12-picture photo gallery to mark Earth Day. The gallery covers CIAT work with water harvesting in Central America; biofortification, climate change resilience, site-specific agriculture, and gene bank conservation in Colombia. Click below to findRead More …
Filed Under: Agro-ecology and Economics, Beans, Cassava, CIAT in the media, Crops, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions, Rice, Tropical Fruits
Water harvesting project makes a splash
24 November, 2011 by (comments)If you’ve been following the CIAT blog for the last few months, you’ll know we’ve been getting rather excited about a series of water harvesting pilot projects going on in Nicaragua, which have completely transformed food production there. This is much, much more than just collecting rainwater in buckets. ReadRead More …
Filed Under: Crops
Nicaragua water harvesting film – now in Spanish
23 September, 2011 by (comments)As international interest in the CIAT-FLAR water harvesting project in Nicaragua continues to grow, you can now watch the accompanying photofilm in Spanish. And don’t worry – you can can still watch it in English. Related posts: Nicaragua water harvesting story on Reuters Alertnet Just Add Water – food productionRead More …
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 …
Filed Under: CIAT in the media, Climate Change, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
Sustainable intensification transforms landscapes and livelihoods – in one year
28 April, 2011 by (comments)It could be the Holy Grail of eco-efficient agriculture – the sustainable transformation of arid land incapable of supporting food production, into green oases of rice, beans, and maize… …in just one year. Recent water harvesting pilot projects in Nicaragua have done just this. Coordinated by The Latin American FundRead More …
Filed Under: Agro-ecology and Economics, Latin America and the Caribbean, Regions
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