In Kenya’s Tana River watershed, changing weather can have a major knock-on impact on soil degradation. Research shows how upstream dynamics are contributing to soil sedimentation and degraded water quality in downstream urban water supplies. But there is a solution being piloted: The Nairobi Wat...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
[The ground beneath your feet: soil erosion in Kenya's Tana River Basin]
,
The ground beneath your feet: soil erosion in Kenya's Tana River Basin
Leigh Winowiecki tells us about the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework and how it helps us understand the soil constraints that farmers experience and how they might overcome them.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
[Dirt can shine: diagnosing and addressing land degradation]
,
Dirt can shine: diagnosing and addressing land degradation
Filmed in Machakos District, Kenya. Climate change implications for beans and efforts by researchers to develop new bean varieties that stand up to drought and heat.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
[Food and nutritional security in the Peruvian Amazon: the ESPA-ASSETS Project]
,
Food and nutritional security in the Peruvian Amazon: the ESPA-ASSETS Project
Participants of the LINK methodology training workshop held in Siem Reap talk about the 5-day experience. They present themselves and talk about the workshop held in which they learned about Heifer’s previous experience using LINK in Latin America and studied the LINK Methodology tools applying t...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
Even, Brice
,
Gutiérrez, Ernesto
,
[LINK methodology training workshop with Heifer lead staff in Asia and Africa]
,
LINK methodology training workshop with Heifer lead staff in Asia and Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
[CIAT in Africa: 50 years building a sustainable food future]
,
CIAT in Africa: 50 years building a sustainable food future
This farmer-to-farmer video, developed through funding by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) by CIAT and Agro-Insight, explains in a clear and simple way how to cultivate and manage cassava while preventing soil erosion on sloping land. The videos are prepared to deepen farmer...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
,
Agro-Insight
,
[Farmer-to-farmer video: Growing cassava on sloping land (Vietnamese version)]
,
Farmer-to-farmer video: Growing cassava on sloping land (Vietnamese version)