by José Luis Urrea | Aug 1, 2019
Photo: Farmers at a community plot testing different forages in Tanzania. Credit: Georgina Smith / CIAT Cross-posted from The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform Meat and dairy products are central to the Latin American diet, and livestock is a source of income for...
by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 21, 2019
Experts in tropical forages meet in Konigstein, Germany to discuss, test functions and design the new Tropical Forages Selection Tool v.2 on a revamped website page and new mobile app. The meeting gathered specialists from different backgrounds and institutions,...
by José Luis Urrea | Aug 30, 2018
At its inception, CIAT recognized that exploiting the huge potential of the tropical lowlands would require a strong focus on beef production as one of the most important commodity produced in the region, with a strong market potential, and to address perceived...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 10, 2016
Last July, CIAT´s tropical forages and soils laboratories opened their doors to students from the University of the Amazon in Colombia’s Caquetá Department, giving them the opportunity to strengthen their capacity in the use of diverse tools and techniques. The...
by Megan Zandstra | Apr 14, 2016
More than the 70% of the total area of agricultural land in developing countries is used for livestock feeding. Worldwide, there are 3.4 billion hectares of grazing land, representing more than a quarter of world land use. Research shows that there is an increasing...