Minding the gaps: scientists hail major advance in adapting food crops to...
Global efforts to adapt staple foods like rice, wheat and potato to climate change have been given a major boost as new research reveals the details and whereabouts of their “wild relatives” – their...
View ArticleGuaranteeing food security in times of (climate) change
Latin America and the Caribbean is known for its incredible diversity of people, plants, animals, and ecosystems , but despite a collective reputation for contrast and extremes, all countries in the...
View ArticleArabica’s magic skin
Like the mysterious magic skin in the 19th century novel by French author Balzac, the area suitable for growing Arabica coffee in Mesoamerica is shrinking away as temperatures rise and rainfall...
View ArticleTracing Vietnam’s climate scars
Tea fields in northern Vietnam where researchers scoped potential sites to establish climate-smart villages Vietnam’s rugged northern terrain is characterized by sloping hills giving way to lush paddy...
View ArticleThe key to climate-friendly coffee production
The production of Arabica coffee has been particularly hard hit by climate change impacts and so have the many smallholder farmers in Latin America who directly depend on revenues from coffee to...
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