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...
by David Restrepo | Jan 14, 2025 | Dissemination, Interview
Three researchers from the Bioversity International Alliance and CIAT, collaborators on the Clima-Loca project, were interviewed by the National Association of Cocoa Exporters of Ecuador (Anecacao) in December 2024. They are Julien Simonis, leader of the Cacao of...
by David Restrepo | Nov 22, 2024 | Dissemination, Soil & climate, Updates
The Clima-LoCa project, led by the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT , is spearheading an initiative to strengthen national capacities in digital soil mapping (DSM) and support the generation of maps of cadmium and physicochemical properties in soils in the cocoa-growing areas...
by David Restrepo | Nov 20, 2024 | Dissemination, Socioeconomic
Last September, activities were held to promote the aCLIMAtar platform, a tool designed to contribute to the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. It is the result of collaboration between the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, Rikolto, the World Cocoa...
