by Adriana Varón | Apr 17, 2020
Javier Gereda, Genetic Resources Program researcher, in one of his activities for bean seed regeneration, along with his colleague Yeferson Hernández. Making sure that the collections of beans, cassava, bananas, and forages remain alive, even during the quarantine, is...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 10, 2019
By: Ruben Echeverría, Director General – International Center for Tropical Agriculture The news of Daniel Debouck’s retirement hit me like a 100-kilogram sack of beans falling off a storehouse pile. After four decades leading the management of the world’s...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 8, 2017
Speech of President Juan Manuel Santos at the 50th Anniversary of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture What a great joy it is to come to Palmira, the agricultural capital of Colombia, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of an institution as valuable and...
by Adriana Varón | Jul 5, 2017
Daniel Debouck, a researcher in CIAT’s Genetic Resources Program, received the Order of Leopold, the highest recognition that the Kingdom of Belgium bestows, for his 40 years of scientific work. In an emotional ceremony held this past Wednesday at CIAT, Jeroen...
by Colin Khoury | May 15, 2017
New Changing Global Diet website explores changes in diets over the past 50 years in countries around the world One of the central concepts that unifies those concerned with biodiversity is the understanding that this diversity is being lost, piece by piece, to a...
by Colin Khoury | Apr 24, 2017
Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years By Sara Kammlade and Colin K. Khoury Newly released interactive infographics show how the so-called “globalized diet” has emerged. They unearth a number of surprises about the foods we eat across...
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