A project aiming to advance climate change mitigation and peacebuilding in Colombia has received praise from a key official of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection, known as BMUV. During a webinar on the Sustainable Land Use Project in Colombia, abbreviated as the SLUS Project, Ruth Irlen, a policy advisor on international forest
Smallholder farmers here are largely immigrants from the West Nile region of Uganda who came to the area to provide labour in the immense sugarcane plantations of the Kinyara Sugar Factory. The factory occupies vast land with the monocropping of sugar cane; with the result that there is limited land for other, diverse crops, which has led to inadequate and
Cacao – which has been a symbol of abundance since pre-Columbian civilizations – has found its way to the heart of peace building in Colombia: a country that despite challenges and internal struggles, has found cacao and chocolate production to be a culinary adventure leading to increased resilience, stability, and unity in rural communities. The CGIAR Initiative AgriLAC Resiliente has worked with a multidisciplinary
Dala Rieko: Nurturing Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Dala Rieko was born out of a vision to combat the pressing issue of climate change and its far-reaching impacts on local communities. It serves as an innovation and resource center, striving to empower the communities in the region to not only cope with climate change but also enhance their
According to the study just published in Nature Communications, additional climate and biodiversity benefits could accrue from reforesting land spared from livestock production when meat and milk products are substituted by plant-based alternatives, more than doubling the climate benefits and halving future declines of ecosystem integrity by 2050. The restored area could contribute up to 25% of the estimated
By: Godefroy Grosjean Last week, more than 3,000 delegates, including several African presidents, ministers and CEOs, met in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania’s largest city, for Africa’s Food System Forum (AGRF) to discuss Africa’s Solutions to build better and more inclusive food systems. I had the privilege to be one of them, representing the CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance (ImpactSF),
The Business Acceleration for Youth project implemented by Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and funded by USAID, has been actively supporting 250 young entrepreneurs with business development support through trainings and coaching in the five districts since April this year. The culmination of this activity is the award of 20 grants to the highest ranked business start-ups in each
PABRA was chosen from a field of 496 nominees from 47 countries by a preeminent panel of judges with experience and leadership in Africa agriculture. Dar es Salaam, 7th September 2023: The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has been honored with the prestigious Africa Food Prize for 2023, recognizing their exceptional leadership in the development of numerous bean varieties that