MAKING SEEDS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE
The recently established Future Seeds initiative is hosted in our Palmira campus, in Colombia and holds the world’s largest repository of beans, cassava, and tropical forages. This global innovation hub guarantees the continued existence of crucial crops, essential to nourish hundreds of millions of people.
MATCHING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND TECH TO SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT
Led by the Alliance with technology and support from NASA and USAID, SERVIR-Amazonia is part of SERVIR Global, a joint development initiative that uses information provided by Earth-observing satellites and geospatial technologies. The project helps design evidence-based tools, products, and services that can both improve decision making, and better incorporate the voice of women, indigenous peoples, communities.
ENDORSING CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
Through Clima Low Cadmium (Clima-LoCa) we foster the development, implementation, and scaling of low cadmium, climate-relevant production practices that fit the diverse contexts of smallholder cocoa production. This helps foster resilient, competitive, and inclusive cocoa value chains. Further, it reduces the vulnerability of smallholder cocoa producers in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
EMBRACING NEW IDEAS TO SUSTAIN CONSERVATION IN THE AMAZON
The Catalyzing and Learning through Private Sector Engagement for Biodiversity Conservation (CAL-PSE) is a unique, new partnership approach between USAID and the Alliance. Through co-creation and co-investing with a network of local partners and private sector actors in Brazil, the project fosters the implementation of sustainable development activities and financing. Set to transform conservation in the Brazilian Amazon, the project will also significantly improve the well-being of indigenous people and local communities by spearheading opportunities towards more sustainable livelihoods.