During the month of November, CIAT researchers from Cali and Nairobi implemented participatory action research in 4 CCAFS sites in East Africa. The participatory research was part of a multi-disciplinary project that aims to combine data on inherent soil properties, as well as ecological and land degradation status of the sites (see Land Degradation Surveillance Framework
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Last week, the CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) took part in the international GIS conference (ESRI user conference 2012) in San Diego California. Participants from IFPRI and CIAT served information about ongoing research of geospatial scientists within the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research  (CGIAR) to visitors of the booth located in the Environmental Showcase section.
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La zona de influencia de la Cuenca Tuluá Morales del Valle del Cauca es de gran importancia para el abastecimiento de agua a poblaciones, zonas agrícolas e industriales, además para la conservación de especies de la fauna y flora vulnerables al cambio climático. Los expertos de DAPA en Cambio Climático y su posible impacto a
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During the last 2 weeks DAPA team went out to the field to visit farmer communities in Honduras and El Salvador. Part of the project “Tortillas on the Roaster”, the aim of the trip was to visit Hot-spots with predicted high yield-impact on maize-beans production systems due to predicted climate change scenarios and quantify their
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Today on  4 June 2010, the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences organized under the auspices of  EU climate commissioner  Connie Hedegaard the first global climate teach-in day for schools and Universities. Through targeted presentations, videos and discussions, the day will raise awareness of climate change for young people. The aims of the “World Climate Teach-In
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La Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira y la Corporación Autónoma Regional de Riseralda llevaron a cabo el Seminario Agricultura Sustentable: Una Estrategia para la adaptación al cambio climático entre el 27 y 28 de mayo en la ciudad de Pereira, Riseralda. Había jornadas de en las mañanas a cargo de docentes, investigadores y miembros de organizaciones
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We have just finished an study on “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Kenyan Coffee Sector” for Sangana Commodities Ltd., with the support of The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). In this study, CIAT’s DAPA elaborated future climate scenarios to investigate the impact of climate change on coffee producing regions in Kenya. The study aimed to
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