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The Challenge Colombia is highly vulnerable to global warming and climate variability. Recent years have seen an increase in floods during the rainy season, while other areas faced continuous threats of drought. Both public and private actors have reason to ...

The Challenge The potential effects of climate change threaten agricultural systems across the globe, including subsistence agriculture and valuable export crops such as cocoa and coffee. By 2050, a rise of 2.3 degrees Celsius will drastically affect production in lowland ...

The Challenge Recent years have seen a growing interest in breeding cassava varieties for Latin America, with the aim of contributing to food security in Colombia and other cassava-producing countries. In Colombia, cassava is a staple crop planted on more ...

The Challenge Plant phenotyping is the measurement of physical and biochemical traits as they change in response to genetic mutation and environmental influences. Trait information, such as growth, development, adaptation, yield, quality, and resistance, is important to plant breeders to ...

The Challenge In Colombia, there are many farmers associations that represent the most productive sectors in the country. Many of them have strong participation and serve farmers of major staple crops. Until recently, however, these organizations were relying on “blanket” recommendations, ...

The Challenge Kenya is highly vulnerable to serious threats posed by climate change and highly dependent on climate-sensitive natural resources. Given the extent of uncertainties in understanding how different systems, departments, and crops would likely be affected, there is a ...

The Challenge Iron deficiency is the world’s leading nutritional ailment, particularly in developing countries. It can impair cognitive and physical development in children, while anemia, often caused by iron deficiency, increases risks to women during childbirth. Despite efforts to curb ...

The Challenge In Colombia, iron deficiency affects up to 35% of children under twelve, with hotspots in the country’s Atlantic coast and Amazon regions. Affecting up to 2 billion people globally, iron deficiency can lead to impaired cognitive and physical ...

The Challenge Agroecological conditions in the Department of Nariño, Colombia, are ideal for producing two high-value crops with stimulant properties: cocoa and coffee. The presence of armed actors in the region, both legal and illegal, has led to violence and ...

The Challenge The Cañete River basin in Peru is a crucial source of water for the farmers, rural families, people living in the town of Cañete, and hydropower industries. The water supply is unevenly distributed among these groups, with the ...

The Challenge Major corporations and multi-national companies have long struggled with how to connect with and include small-scale suppliers. Connecting these two groups – smallholder farms and emerging markets – requires creative solutions to allow benefits for both sides. The ...

The Challenge Since the 1970s, forests on steep hillsides and areas of wetlands around Nairobi have been converted to agriculture. As a result, sedimentation is becoming a serious problem, reducing the capacity of reservoirs and increasing the costs for water ...

The Challenge The rapid expansion in production and consumption of animal products is increasing environmental issues related to the livestock sector worldwide. Colombia is aware of the substantial impact of livestock on the environment and is moving towards appropriate mitigation ...

The Challenge The potential effects of climate change threaten agricultural systems in Africa, including subsistence agriculture and valuable export crops such as cocoa. Investments in agricultural development are increasingly vulnerable to climate change and must take climate impacts into account ...

The Challenge Colombia continues to move towards adopting agricultural practices to reduce risks and maximize productivity under climatic variability. Farmers need guidance and best practices to choose crop varieties that perform better under future climate scenarios and are best suited ...

The Challenge In Western Honduras, more than 60% of the population lives with less than US$2 per person per day, and most farmers practice rain-fed subsistence agriculture. Variable and limited water access constrains agricultural production and poverty alleviation. The effect ...

The Challenge Rice as a cereal grain is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world’s human population. Peru is one of the largest rice producers in Latin America, second only to Brazil. As a ...

The Challenge The accelerated loss of forest vegetation results in dramatic changes to the way land is used, causing serious damage to biodiversity and water supply, and the regulation of greenhouse gases and other ecosystem services. Yet, in many parts ...

The Challenge Major corporations and multi-national companies have long struggled with how to connect with and include small-scale suppliers. Connecting these two groups -- smallholder farms and emerging markets -- requires creative solutions to allow benefits for both sides. If ...

The Challenge Colombia is highly vulnerable to global warming and climate variability. Given the extent of uncertainties in understanding how different systems, departments, and crops would likely to be affected, there is a need for policy makers to draft appropriate ...

The Challenge The Cañete River basin in Peru is a crucial source of water for the farmers, rural families, people living in the town of Cañete, and hydropower industries. The water supply is unevenly distributed among these groups, with the ...

The Challenge Malnutrition threatens millions of lives across Africa. Iron deficiency, leads to the body's inability to carry oxygen in its blood, causing anemia, the world's most persistent nutritional ailment. In Rwanda, it affects nearly 20% of women and 40% ...

The Challenge Climate change threatens farmers across the globe by reducing their annual crop yields. We are constantly searching for ways to reduce crop losses caused by climate variability. Farmers in Colombia have been particularly affected as rice production has ...