by David Restrepo | Dec 18, 2025 | Dissemination, Soil & climate, Updates
In Bogotá, Colombia, amid long hugs, notebooks filled with notes, and that strange mixture of relief and nostalgia that one feels when something important comes to an end, the Clima-LoCa team closed its last workshop in Colombia. Over three days—December 10, 11, and...
by David Restrepo | Jul 4, 2025 | Dissemination, Soil & climate, Updates
The Clima-LoCa project continues to strengthen its work with cocoa-producing communities in Colombia through a series of workshops where the results of cadmium mapping carried out using samples taken directly from cocoa farms are shared. In recent weeks, meetings have...
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 | 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 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 | Oct 8, 2024 | Dissemination, Soil & climate, Updates
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,...
