First month at CIAT

First month at CIAT
Hello there, I am back again after two really busy weeks here in Colombia. As you can see I am already all installed after a month at CIAT. For the last two weeks, I have been working on the raw data. If you want to know more about how the data was collected and the ...

It is DATA time!

It is DATA time!
Hello there, Another Friday that went by, another week that went really fast. Time flying is a good sign! This week I have been working on the surveys related to the Cauca CSV.  Before analysing the data there are a few steps to have in mind. Firstly, I did a comparison between 4 CSV surveys to see the difference ...

Workshop towards building a climate-smart village

Workshop towards building a climate-smart village
Hello there, As mentioned in the last post, on Tuesday I was visiting different sites of Cauca climate-smart villages. On Wednesday I went to Morro Plano (near Morales) with Luis Alfonso (Ecohabitats) and Jimmy Mañunga (President of the association JAC – northwest Popayán). A group of families (in the workshop came 10 people – 8 men ...

Visiting Cauca CSV

Visiting Cauca CSV
Hello there, This week was half of it in the office at CIAT and the other half near Popayán (south of Cali). Monday evening I travelled to Popayán city with people from different countries from Central America (Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) and different worldwide institutions such as CYMMIT, IFPRI, World ...

First week at CIAT

First week at CIAT
Hello there, Tuesday I started my first day at CIAT. The first day was more about paperwork, and meeting one of my supervisors Osana Bonilla-Findji to talk about my thesis. The rest of the week I have been continuing reading and writing my thesis literature review. On Thursday I had a Skype with Luis Alfonso ...

Traveling to Cali

Traveling to Cali
Hello there! Last Saturday I started my journey from Galway to Cali. A journey that seemed to be easy and peaceful it changed to be long, very long with delays. After 40 hours, finally, I arrived at my destination, Cali! Always I try to see the positive things and the most positive about all this ...

Time flies

Hello there! The first draft of the literature review submitted, May already started, nine days to fly to Cali, accommodation already sorted… Time is flying, it seems yesterday when I started the masters in September! I have great news, I will be staying in CIAT – Cali until mid-October. Yes, 5 months! Over the last ...

Project news

Project news
Hello everyone! I am excited to announce that I will be doing my thesis project in Cali (Colombia) on Cauca Climate-Smart Villages (CSV). I am happy to know already the title of my project, “Implementation of the Climate-Smart Village Approach”. I will be in Colombia working on the project for 3 months. I already e-meet ...