by David Restrepo | Jun 10, 2025 | Dissemination, Soil & climate, Updates
The Andean region, comprising Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, is recognized worldwide for its production of fine aroma cocoa. However, these countries face a crucial challenge: the presence of cadmium (Cd) in the soils where cocoa is grown, a heavy metal that poses...
by David Restrepo | Jun 8, 2025 | Dissemination, Socioeconomic
On April 29 and 30, 2025, the municipality of San Pablo de Borbur hosted the first event of the closing tour of the Clima-LoCa project. This meeting brought together producers, researchers, public institutions, and chocolate companies to share the lessons learned,...
by David Restrepo | May 27, 2025 | Dissemination
In the Piura region of northern Peru, the Clima-LoCa project has developed fertilization pilots to increase productivity on more than 120 plots of land belonging to cocoa producers, using fertilization plans carefully developed according to soil analyses for each...
by David Restrepo | May 23, 2025 | Dissemination, Socioeconomic, Soil & climate
From May 5 to 6, an event was held in the municipality of Yacopí, Cundinamarca, to share the results of the Clima-LoCa project. More than 90 farmers and cocoa producers participated in this meeting, where the results of cadmium content mapping in soils were presented....
by David Restrepo | May 12, 2025 | Dissemination, Updates
Between February 5 and 7, 2025, the Clima-LoCa team met in Palmira, Colombia, to review progress, share results, and plan the final dissemination phase of the project. This workshop, coordinated by the Bioversity Alliance and CIAT and with the participation of leading...
