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Representatives from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT met Ethiopia’s State Minister of Agriculture in Addis Ababa to strengthen collaboration on land restoration, soil health, agroecology, and data-driven agricultural transformation. In a high-level meeting held in Addis Ababa, a delegation from the Alliance – led by Director General Juan Lucas Restrepo, Africa Managing Director Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, and

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

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.

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,

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

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,

As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, particularly in developing countries, the challenge of balancing economic development with low emission becomes increasingly complex. As governments strive to meet commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as the Paris Agreement, the need to balance multiple priorities, from nutrition and food security to peacebuilding, is increasingly pressing. “This