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Cosmas Kweyu Lutomia
Senior Research Associate
Kweyu Lutomia is a Senior Research Associate and agricultural economist working on inclusive agri-food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. His work focuses on gender equality, climate resilience, and seed and innovation systems. He uses mixed methods to understand what works, for whom, and why, and supports partners in turning evidence into practical actions for programs and policy.
Crops for nutrition and health…
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Farmers in Peru move forward in the rehabilitation of cocoa plots with agroecology
More than two years after the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT implemented rehabilitation practices in the cocoa plots of farmers of the Colpa de Loros Cooperative in Peru, the second follow-up visit was conducted to evaluate the progress of the project. Read about the findings here…
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From negotiation to implementation: Lessons learned and opportunities for Latin America on the Road to COP31
Daniela Arce Gómez
Bringing decisions from international climate negotiations into concrete actions that truly benefit food producers remains one of the major challenges of the global agenda for COP31…
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Colombian breakthrough in sustainable livestock farming: pioneering study estimates carbon emissions from bovine genetics
José Luis Urrea-Benítez
Scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), together with Hacienda San José (HSJ) in the department of Vichada, developed a pioneering methodology to estimate greenhouse gas emissions associated…
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Suelos de Honduras recolecta muestras en La Mosquitia hondureña para el Sistema Nacional de Suelos
Alisson Zelaya Baquis
Este sistema integrará muestras de suelo provenientes de 17 departamentos del país. Se trata de una plataforma web que facilitará la formulación de recomendaciones técnicas de fertilización, adaptadas al tipo de suelo y cultivo, y que pondrá a disposición información clave para la toma de…
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Spatial Analytics across disciplines informs policymaking in Kenya: dialogue between Alliance and KALRO
Chun Song, Elisabetta Gotor
Regina Ngethe
How can advanced spatial analytics better support agricultural policy and enable policy-relevant research?
On April 29, 2026, scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT…
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Plowing with buffaloes in the Philippines - an interview with one of the photo contest winners
One of our photo contest winners, Alexis Gomez, a passionate photographer, tells us about women's role in traditional farming in the Philippines.
One of our photo contest winners, Alexis Gomez, a passionate photographer, tells us about women's role in traditional farming in the Philippines. Alexis and the other two…
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Liyuneh Gebre
Research Officer II - Climate Data Science
Liyuneh Gebre is a Climate Data Science Research Officer in the Climate Action team at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has a strong background in climate and computational science, holding an MSc in Meteorology Science from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, complemented by bachelor’s degrees in Meteorology Science and Computer Science. With over a decade of professional…
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Workshop on Climate Transparency in Latin America Held in Peru
In Lima, representatives from Peru’s Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation participated in a workshop aimed at strengthening the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system.
Lima, Perú
Mar 25 - Apr 27, 2026
El espacio se enfocó en mejorar…
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GIC-LAC Technical Workshop in Colombia
Development of the Improvement Plan for the GHG Inventory in Agriculture and Land Use
Cali, Colombia.
Feb 26 - 27, 2025
In February 2026, the team from the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) and the GIC-LAC project held a workshop in Cali with the aim of advancing the…
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Boaz S. Waswa
Scientist
Boaz Waswa is a senior researcher specializing in soil health under the Multifunctional Landscape of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. His research and development work spans over 20 years focusing on soil health, climate smart agriculture, conservation/regenerative agriculture and scaling agriculture technology and innovations.
He is currently leading the team implementing the Growing Together a project scaling regenerative agriculture working with businesses in Tanzania…
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Community-based development of agricultural activities aiming to improve dietary diversity in Western Kenya [poster]
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77157
Abstract
This research examines the suitability of community-based participatory workshops for developing agricultural activities in order to diversify diets. It represents the second part of a project that consists of a diagnostic phase documenting agricultural biodiversity and nutrition (phase I), participatory…
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Local Seeds, Global Gains: everybody benefits from agrobiodiversity exchanges
Communities and countries are banding together to protect local agrobiodiversity, delivering environmental, health, and economic benefits that have far-reaching consequences.
To celebrate this International Biodiversity Day’s theme of “Acting Locally for Global Impact”, we collected stories from…
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When agriculture begins to change: AVENIR results in Senegal
Fatimata Kone, Issa Ouedraogo, Latyr Diouf
At sunrise in a market garden in Goudomp, Ndeye carefully waters her vegetable beds. Just a few years ago, the cracked soil produced very little. Today, rows of tomatoes and okra leaves tell a different story. Like thousands of farmers across the regions of Sedhiou and Tambacounda, Ndeye is among the…
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Regional Workshop on Climate Transparency in Latin America
In September 2025, representatives from Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador met in Guatemala City for the second phase of the GIC-LAC project, with the aim of strengthening Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems in the Agriculture and Land Use (LULUCF) sectors.
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Sep 17 - 19,…
