In 2019, a wind of uncertainty was rustling through the thick green leaves of cacao trees from Venezuela to Peru. After 4 years, the European Union had implemented limits on cadmium—a toxic heavy-metal— in chocolate and cacao. Although the limits are set in the final product, preliminary data suggested that chocolate produced from Latin American beans was higher in
Every year, since 1901, the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) has organized agricultural shows in different towns in Kenya to expose stakeholders to emerging innovations, technologies and knowledge and business opportunities around agriculture and trade. The shows draw in diverse exhibitors among them the public, private sector, and other agricultural development partners, who showcase technologies and innovations around new crop
The climate is changing, with many negative effects, particularly making smallholder women and men farmers and their livelihoods vulnerable (Awiti, 2022; McOmber, 2020; William et al., 2018). While new farming and food systems technologies have been developed and continuously promoted to support climate change adaptation, women farmers and marginalised socio-economic groups have limited access to those owing to a variety
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has worked together with FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, and global green coffee supplier Mercon Coffee Group to develop a new tool to assess environmental and social risks. The tool aims to diagnose risks in supply chains to support the design of mitigation actions that companies can implement to minimize negative environmental
Berkeley, CA and Rome, Italy (July 26, 2023) – CGIAR research center Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (“Alliance/CGIAR”), and Boost Biomes, Inc. (“Boost”) announced today the initiation of a project to evaluate Boost’s biological products to address Fusarium wilt in bananas. CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future; the Alliance delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural
Amongst the multifaceted challenges in agriculture and food systems, technological innovation emerges as a crucial pathway to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Numerous research projects, databases, and technologies to accelerate SDG progress already exist, but without better access and resources, they often remain trapped in their conceptual stage. More support is needed to reach the potential of
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) joined forces with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to bring together 22 teachers from eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, plus a representative from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the Gene Editing Platform. It was an opportunity for them
As part of Alliance/PABRA’s initiative to modernize bean breeding, technicians and scientist from the Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) targeted countries in Africa, were invited for a training on bean breeding with a gender lens. The main purpose of the training was to strengthen the capacity of 54 field technicians and scientists across 30 sub-Saharan countries for four days