Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance co-winner of US$1 million Al-Sumait prize

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 28, 2019

The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) was awarded the 2019 edition of the US$1 million Al-Sumait Prize for African Development on November 25. PABRA, which is coordinated by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), shared the award with the...

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Partnership Platform for the Amazon through Social Network Analysis

by Beatriz Rodriguez | Nov 27, 2019

Monitoring and periodic analysis of the network of past, present, and future relationships within and outside the Partnership Platform for the Amazon (PPA) are an important component of the overall PPA learning agenda. To implement the Social Network Analysis (SNA)...

For sustainable cacao farming in Colombia, going organic is not necessarily the only good answer

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Nov 27, 2019

Members of the SLUS Project team – Dr. Augusto Castro-Núñez (second from the left), Jhon Jairo Hurtado (third from the right), Miguel Romero Sánchez (second from the right), and Grey Yohana Lozano (rightmost) –  spoke with cacao farmers and a technical advisor from...

Brainstorming biodiversity monitoring

by Beatriz Rodriguez | Nov 26, 2019

Consultation workshop to develop a biodiversity monitoring tool. Photos: Juliana Nogueira (Quartzo). Recently, CIAT led a consultation workshop to start developing a biodiversity monitoring tool that can assess the impact of private-sector investment initiatives on...

A plan to strengthen the agricultural sector in Colombia and help the region is underway

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 25, 2019

Jorge Mario Díaz, CEO at Agrosavia; Ruben Echeverría, Director General at CIAT; and Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General at Bioversity International and designated Director of the Bioversity-CIAT Alliance, who signed the cooperation agreement seeking to create...

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...