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Teresa Borelli
Scientist I
Teresa is a scientist providing research support to the Food Environment and Consumer Behavior research program. She has over 20 years’ experience working within the CGIAR system on research and development of sustainable agri-food systems in low and middle-income countries.
Over the years, she has acquired a cross-disciplinary set of skills spanning from soil biology, agroforestry, agrobiodiversity and crop wild relatives’ conservation, food security and dietary diversity as well as…
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Lara Barangé
Assistant, Digital Content Production
No longer working with the Alliance
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Edith Mutui
Senior Communications Analyst
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Revolutionizing co-production: How the ECREA project has strengthened institutional collaboration in Uganda
Kiogora Joseline Kanja , Desire Kagabo, Livingstone Byandaga, Mvuyibwami Patrick
Chris Ngige
In Uganda’s bean-growing districts, the ECREA project is strengthening climate services by connecting meteorologists, researchers, extension agents and media to deliver localized…
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Del ‘fenómeno’ al cambio climático: la historia que nació en Piura
Camilo Beltrán Jacdedt
En Piura (Perú), Clima-LoCa llevó educación climática a comunidades cacaoteras, combinando ciencia, instituciones educativas locales y personajes como Capitán Polo y Chilalo para que niñas, niños y productores comprendan los cambios extremos y actúen frente al impacto del clima en el cacao…
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Connecting agriculture, culture, tourism and biodiversity in Northern Vietnam
Deborah Nabuuma, Cornelis (Kees) Swaans, Andrea Ghione
Ky The Hoang, Tho Pham (CASRAD)
In Vietnam’s Northern uplands, ethnic farming communities are linking agriculture, biodiversity, and tourism. Could agro-ecotourism become a pathway for sustainable rural development and resilient food systems…
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Transformative bottom‐up change in highly dynamic food environments: Learning from living labs in Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179453
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The relationship between food environments, diets, and consumption practices is essential in improving nutrition and health outcomes. Despite growing research in higher income countries on such interactions, less is known about food‐environment dynamics in lower income countries, where food insecurity, malnutrition, and informal markets play a key role. HealthyFoodAfrica is a five‐year…
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Natalia Matiz-Rubio
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist
Natalia Matiz-Rubio is an industrial and environmental engineer with extensive experience in sustainability consulting and climate finance across the private sector, as well as in projects supported by funders such as the World Bank and the German Agency for International Cooperation. She combines socio-economic and environmental expertise with a strong network of value-chain actors to holistically assess the impacts of investments in climate…
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Anticipating food crises in the Sahel: A methodology for integrating climate and conflict risks into food crises early warning systems in the Sahel
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179392
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Current food crises early-warning systems do not sufficiently integrate predictive conflict and climate signals in a systematic way. To enhance anticipatory capacity within the CH analytical process and strengthen humanitarian assistance, CGIAR and WFP have jointly developed the Conflict–Climate Pressure Index (CCPI), a forward-looking decision…
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Human–AI collaboration for policy analysis in food land and water systems. A brief review of recent development
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179504
Publication year
2025
Authors
Wango, Virginiah
Ng'ethe, Regina
Yego, Francis
Song, Chun
Full Citation
Wango, V.; Ng'ethe, R.; Yego, F.; Song, C. (2025) Human–AI collaboration for policy analysis in food land and…
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Rachel Kibui
Communications Consultant
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Celebrating our seeds, food and culture: Nyando community seed bank hosts the 3rd national indigenous seed and food fair in Kenya
Gloria Otieno, Rachel Kibui
The national indigenous seed and food fair was hosted by Nyando community seed bank in Nyakach Kisumu county, which is one the seedbanks established by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT to commemorate Kenya's 3rd National Indigenous seed,…
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Digging deeper: How soil microbes are shaping sustainable agriculture in Kisumu and Vihiga, Kenya
Rachel Kibui, Manoj Kaushal
Edited by Anastacia Wanjiru
In 2024, an Alliance-led study in Kisumu and Vihiga, Kenya, highlighted the critical role of soil microbial diversity in restoring fertility and guiding evidence-based policies for resilient, smallholder-driven agriculture…
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Por qué deben coexistir la agricultura y la conservación
Rachel Kibui, Chiara Villani, Carlo Fadda
En los últimos años, la urgencia de restaurar el medio ambiente se ha intensificado a medida que se han hecho más evidentes los efectos del cambio climático sobre la naturaleza y las personas. Al mismo tiempo, el crecimiento de la población mundial exige una mayor producción de alimentos. Este doble reto…
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Impulsando inversiones rurales inclusivas: avances en la formulación de planes de negocio en Honduras
Carmen Antonia García
En Honduras, el fortalecimiento de las cadenas de valor agroalimentarias avanza mediante un esfuerzo conjunto entre la Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG), el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) y la Alianza Bioversity International y el CIAT. En el marco del Proyecto de…
