Blogs
Cacao in Action: Innovations and Challenges in Knowledge Dissemination in Ecuador
During August and September 2024, activities were carried out as part of the Dissemination Plan for Ecuador. These actions focused primarily on transferring tools and information that will help in the production of sustainable cocoa in relation to the challenges posed...
Experts from the Clima-LoCa project present preliminary results at the 3rd Theobroma Congress for Peace
The third edition of the Theobroma International Congress for Peace was held in Florencia (Caquetá), Colombia, from September 17 to 18. The University of the Amazon hosted this meeting, which brought together university students, businesspeople, academics,...
Clima-LoCa presents progress toward sustainable cocoa at the Chokao Fair in Ecuador
On September 10, 11, and 12, the project was present at an important fair for the Ecuadorian cocoa sector through its partners ESPOL, INIAP, and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. The main advances were presented during a seminar, in an ideal setting...
Workshop on Genetic Knowledge of Cocoa Clones
Within the framework of the Clima-LoCa and Rutas PDET projects, a workshop on genetic knowledge of cocoa clones was held on June 18 of 2024, with ten cocoa producers from different municipalities in the department of Putumayo. This meeting was held at the "El Bufeo"...
Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping: Strengthening Capabilities for Diagnosis and Data-Driven Decision Making
From the 27 to 31 of May, The Alliance of Bioversity & CIAT campus at the headquarters of the Americas hub in Palmira (Colombia), opened its doors to a group of 19 professionals from public and private organizations and universities from Colombia, Ecuador and...
Learning concepts about statistical analysis with Clima-LoCa!
From 12 to 15 February, we were immersed in a training on data analysis and experimental design at R Studio, offered within the framework of the objectives of the Clima-LoCa project. Participants from different universities and countries were encouraged to take part...
This is how we lived the annual workshop of The Clima-LoCa project
From the 19th to the 23rd of February was the Annual Workshop of The Clima-LoCa project (2024), an event that has taking place for four years and has been crucial to the planification and development of the project in recent years. The first workshop took place in...
Mirjam Pulleman: Navigating Clima-LoCa in 2023 and setting challenges for 2024
Another year is about to come to an end. We talk with Mirjam Pulleman, one of the leaders of the Clima-LoCa project. How does she characterize 2023? and, what were the highlights? “This third year of implementation of the Clima-LoCa project was a busy and exciting...
Clima-LoCa update on soil health
Soil health assessments in cacao farms in Colombia and Ecuador are ongoing in the context of the Clima-Loca project[1]! What do we measure? Chemical, physical and biological indicators are measured that capture multiple soil functions as affected by soil management...