The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao por Sylvia Pineda | Ago 20, 2019 Since June, 2018, Mayesse Da Silva, Soil Scientist at CIAT, has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United...

Jefferson Valencia is Awarded a Fellowship to attend Purdue University

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019

CIAT is proud! Jefferson Valencia, young scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) area at CIAT, was awarded a Borlaug fellowship and will attend Purdue University in Indiana, United States, to pursue an internship to implement a hydrological...

Fernando Correa passes the baton to María Fernanda Álvarez

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 8, 2019

After four years at CIAT as the leader of the Rice Program, Fernando Correa passes the baton to María Fernanda Álvarez, the new leader, as of August 12. Here is a piece of his story: Contributing to making rice varieties planted in Latin America more resistant to...

Lizette Díaz: a charcoal that could open a ‘black box’

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 5, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Lizette Díaz: a charcoal that could open a ‘black box’ por Erika Mosquera | Ago 5, 2019 Lizette Díaz is Industrial Engineer from the Julio Garavito Colombian School of Engineering, and Master in Administration with an emphasis in finance from the...

CIAT to hold a workshop on flash drying for starch and cassava flour

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 1, 2019

Within the framework of the project on scaling flash drying technology, financed by CGIAR’s research program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), CIAT through the cassava program will hold the workshop “Low-cost flash dryer for starch and cassava flour at...