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Extension workers and small cocoa and palm oil producers from the Ucayali region attend workshops to implement climate change mitigation strategies

by amazonlandscap | Dec 2, 2022 | News

The climate change mitigation strategies to produce organic cocoa and oil palm will provide an opportunity to reduce GHG emissions, while being more competitive and sustainable. Training workshops were held on 15-–17 November for extension workers and cocoa and palm...

The SAB Project moves forward in Peru with more cocoa and palm oil stakeholder workshops

by amazonlandscap | Dec 2, 2022 | News

Within the framework of the “Business Models to Address Drivers of Deforestation in Peru” project (called Sustainable Amazon Businesses – SAB – for short), which is being implemented by CIAT in partnership with the international advisory company Climate Focus, and in...

The Government of the Ucayali region, in Peru, will adopt strategies to strengthen the cocoa–chocolate and palm oil value chains built along with the Alliance to update their land management instruments

by amazonlandscap | Dec 2, 2022 | News

The integrated strategies to strengthen the regional competitiveness plans of the cocoa‑chocolate and oil palm value chains, developed by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with support from the Regional Office for Economic Development of the Ucayali...

CIAT leads a project to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

by amazonlandscap | Dec 2, 2022 | News

The initiative, in coordination with the Ministry for the Environment (MINAM) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) in Peru, and the Ucayali Regional Government, in partnership with the Climate Focus international consulting firm (CF), seeks to facilitate the...