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 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 | 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...
by Camilo Beltran | Jun 6, 2023 | Socioeconomic
Some years ago I heard for the first time and without much detail about the conflicts for the control of the emerald mines that took place during several decades in western Boyacá; the so-called “green wars” that add one more chapter to the long list of...
by Leidi Yurani Sierra | Dec 13, 2022 | Dissemination, Socioeconomic
In our conversation with Johanna Renckens de Rikolto, coordinator of the EU co-financed Road to the Reactivation of Agrifood Ecuador (CREA, for its acronym in Spanish) project, she explains why profitability is a determining factor when evaluating the implications of...
by climaloca | Dec 13, 2022 | Interview, Socioeconomic
We talked to Julio Zambrano who is in charge of Chocolates Finos Nacionales, a company born from the dream and vision of his father, Carlos Zambrano, nearly 60 years ago when he was still a young 18-year-old entrepreneur who decided to bet on the Ecuadorian gold...
