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Enhancing Climate Information Services for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya
Tessie Atieno Akoko, Alex Nduah Nderi
Edited by Owen Kimani and Edith Mutui
The initiative 'Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)' seeks to revolutionize climate information services in Kenya, empowering small-scale farmers with timely and localized climate data to enhance their…
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Juan Jose Gonzalez Guzman
Research Coordinator II
Between 2013 and 2015, Juan Jose Gonzalez Guzman did his undergraduate work in agronomic engineering, which consisted of the evaluation of 15 accessions of wild cherry tomato sown in in-vitro conditions against Fusarium oxysporum causing vascular wilt in tomato, identifying the strain of the pathogen causal agent of the disease using conventional taxonomic keys, Koch's postulates and ITSs molecular markers. In the first semester of 2014, he took the ninth…
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Tessie Atieno Akoko
Senior Research Associate
Tessie Atieno Akoko is a Senior Research Associate at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, specializing in the intersection of economics, data, climate resilience, and climate finance. She is dedicated to the design and implementation of evidence-based frameworks that translate field data into actionable climate solutions and evidence-based policies, particularly for vulnerable communities.
Her expertise spans the full lifecycle of research and project…
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How gene banks safeguard our food security for the future
In a world facing increasingly complex challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to growing populations and geopolitical instability—the question of food security has never been more critical. Amidst these challenges, an often-overlooked but vital institution plays a key role in securing our agricultural future: gene banks…
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Piloting Kenya’s nature-based solutions monitoring and evaluation framework: Lessons from Chyulu Hills
Tessie Atieno Akoko
Dorcas Jalango, Brenda Binge, Chris Ngige
MoALD in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT under the CGIAR Climate Action Science Program , piloted a national NbS monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework in Kenya's Chyulu Hills to…
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Strengthening the Future: Assessing Resilience Gaps in Kenya’s Drought-Hit Turkana and West Pokot
Tessie Atieno Akoko, Pedro Anglaze Chilambe, Felix Otieno, Chris Miyinzi Mwungu
Brenda Binge, Dorcas Jalango
Researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and national partner AGNES conducted a 2024 needs assessment in Kenya’s Turkana and West Pokot Counties to…
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Innovar desde la empatía: el poder del diseño centrado en los seres humanos aplicado a la agricultura digital y climáticamente resiliente
Emmanuel Zapata-Caldas
Daniela Arce Gómez
En la agricultura, la verdadera innovación no empieza con la tecnología, sino con las personas. Escuchar, comprender y co-crear con ellas es el punto de partida del diseño centrado en el ser humano (DCH), un enfoque que…
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Langat Kipkorir
Research Associate
Langat Kipkorir is a research associate specialising in sustainable food systems, agroecology, and asset-based community development at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. His core research interests lie in participatory action research, market systems, livelihood analysis, and smallholder empowerment.
Langat’s research-in-development work currently focuses mostly on (1) coordinating multi-stakeholder engagement across landscapes, (2) co-designing and testing…
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The Alliance and CIHEAM Bari formalize a strategic partnership to scale impact on sustainable agri-food systems
The Italian headquarters of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM Bari) and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (Alliance) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in advancing food security, nutrition, and sustainable agri-food…
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Connecting the dots: Turning evidence into action for finger millet and amaranth
Owen Kimani, Consolata Nolega Musita, Céline Termote
In Kisumu, stakeholders convened by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT explored how stronger coordination across finger millet and amaranth value chains can improve nutrition, resilience, and livelihoods in Kenya…
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What works in gender-transformative innovation bundling? Evidence from learning labs in Ethiopia
Dessalegn Molla Ketema, Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Lutomia Cosmas
In Ethiopia, researchers and partners tested a new way to scale agricultural innovation. By bundling technology, skills, and social change, they show how farming systems can work better for women and build resilience…
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Kenya’s frontier in nature-based solutions monitoring and evaluation
Esther Nzuki, Brenda Binge, Tessie Akoko, Chris Mwangi Ngige, Dorcas Jalang’o
From February 24th to 26th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development in Kenya, in collaboration with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, hosted a workshop at the KALRO Headquarters, Kiboko, to validate and refine a…
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Surviving drought with better data: Ethiopian pastoralists use a digital monitoring system to avoid crisis
Anastacia Wanjiru, Sintayehu Workeneh Dejene, Sintayehu Alemayehu
Liyuneh Gebre, Olika Dessalegn
Can better data help pastoralists stay ahead of drought? In Ethiopia’s rangelands, a digital monitoring system is helping communities, researchers, and local authorities track…
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The journey of RAMP: Learning the gas and brakes to accelerate
Megan Steele
A window into the experience behind the conception, launch, and execution of RAMP – Research and Market Pathways at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and CGIAR .
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Sarah K. Jones
Scientist
Sarah’s research focuses on understanding the role of agrobiodiversity in creating farms and landscapes that provide for both people and nature. She is particularly interested in exploring synergies and trade-offs between food production and biodiversity conservation goals and strategies for achieving these goals in tandem. Sarah is a geographer and mathematician by training. Her work is grounded in systems thinking – recognizing that interactions across space and time influence outcomes…
