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Colombia looks to lead on 'climate-smart' agriculture
2014-02-20 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DevEx: Colombia learned a hard lesson on the need for climate adaptability in its agriculture sector in 2010 and 2011, when La Nia-related floods destroyed thousands of hectares of crops and caused millions of dollars in damage. Since then, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been working with the Cali-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Cali to identify vulnerabilities to climate change and strategies for adaptation, and now with support from the Inter-American...
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