We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves por Sylvia Pineda| Nov 25, 2019 This text is about a great scientist retiring from CIAT after working as a chemist at the Agrobiodiversity Area for 28 years. Here is the part of her life story spent in this...

Agriculture AI Brain

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019

IDB Lab, CIAT and SoftBank partner to promote smart rice farming in Colombia           The Inter-American Development Bank, through its innovation lab – IDB Lab, approved US$2 million funding for a project that will improve the productivity and sustainability of rice...

CIAT research surprises Japanese delegation led by Minister

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 22, 2018

Two hours were enough for Japan’s State Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Sakai Manabu, to ratify once again that the use of technologies and information is key to improve agricultural production systems. Walking through CIAT’s rice experimental...

A different kind of scarecrow

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Aug 10, 2017

At noon, a 60-year-old farmer ends his lunch and checks an app on his mobile phone. The next day, he spreads fertilizer on his crop. That’s happening in Japan. And that could be the future in Colombia and beyond, where food producers make fast, smart, and precise...

Colombian-Japanese project offers an opportunity to strengthen Colombia´s rice sector

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 23, 2016

A group of researchers recently visited the town of Yosano in Japan to find out first-hand from Japanese rice growers about a new approach to rice agronomy that makes irrigated production more environmentally friendly, requiring less water and fewer applications of...