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In Cameroon, the MyFarmTrees platform brings together farmers, seed collectors, nursery operators, traditional authorities, municipalities, ministries, and international partners to make landscape restoration a driver of local resilience. Led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with support from the GEF, IUCN, and the Darwin Initiative, the platform is already active in six of Cameroon’s ten regions—West, Centre, South, East,

The bean pathology team of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT – in collaboration with Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) – is committed to addressing the challenges posed by diseases and pests (D&P) in bean production. In recent years, the team has worked to align and leverage its collective expertise towards a common goal: updating and improving information on

What do a group of rice farmers, a family-run forage business, and a research hub have in common? When they combine their strengths toward a shared goal, they create fertile ground to grow, innovate, and overcome these challenges. Such is the case of the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR, for its Spanish acronym) and Grupo Papalotla, who,

In Colombia, deforestation, largely driven by the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector accounts for 56 percent of total emissions. As the nation strives to meet its ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent by 2030, transforming food production systems will be essential. However, achieving this transformation demands substantial investments, underscoring the need for effective

In 2024, three researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT arrived in French Guiana following a warning sign: witches’ broom, a devastating cassava disease, may have crossed the ocean. This is the story of the expedition to hunt down the witches’ broom. For a long time, witches were figures of superstition, caught between popular fear and imagination.

In the uplands of Vietnam, fields of cassava stretch toward the horizon. They are part of a farming tradition that feeds millions and powers one of the country’s most important export industries. Yet, these landscapes are also on the frontline of environmental change. Rain falls harder and less predictably. Soils lose their richness. Biodiversity thins. Farmers work the same

On June 23 and 25, 2025, two workshops were held in Guatemala, focused on the Exchange of Progress and Results of the initiative. Led by the CGIAR AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative and financially supported by the Norwegian government through NORAD, this key event brought together over 70 people and more than 15 institutions and organizations. The goal was to review the

A look at 26 climate decision-making platforms in Latin America, and what they teach us about governance, sustainability, and local climate action. Peer-Reviewed Publication – Diana Giraldo et al. – Published in Climate Risk Management (2025). Conducted with the support of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT