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Scientist Daniel Debouck receives the highest recognition of the Kingdom of Belgium
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.
Our land is wise: it will treat us the way we treat it
18th WOCAT Networking Meeting ‒ Promoting Sustainable Land Management and Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals Seventy percent of the world's available water resources are being used in agriculture, while 43% of degradation worldwide is caused by overgrazing....
Boosting African agribusiness with a new generation of cooperatives
LFM team of CIAT and the EDC initiative of CTA just published a new policy brief that underlines the need of a new generation of farmer cooperatives to promote and facilitate the development of local and inclusive agribusiness in Africa.
To fight malnutrition in Africa, embed nutrition in agriculture programs
This piece first appeared as a guest commentary on the website of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Given its impressive track record over the last 20 years, Rwanda has rightly been considered a model for reducing poverty and hunger in Africa. Between 1990 and...
WOCAT – success stories that the world can learn from
Finding sustainable solutions to these kinds of challenges is the focus of World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) – a global network of practitioners, researchers and policymakers dealing with agriculture and natural resources.
The Great CIAT 50 Reunion, a celebration of the past to strengthen the future
“All of you here have built CIAT’S future.” This was the message that Joe Tohme, director of CIAT’s agrobiodiversity area, gave to the 500 former employees who came to the Center on June 9 to celebrate the Great Reunion, as part of the celebration of CIAT’s fiftieth anniversary, an event which, without a doubt, was magical, thanks to the enthusiasm and affection that the participants showed for an organization that allowed them to reach professional and personal goals.
New collaboration with AAIN to grow agri-business in Africa
This week, African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alex Ariho, and Human and Institutional, Capacity Development Officer Dr. James Aucha, visited CIAT in Nairobi to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and discuss collaboration between...
Living soils and some surprising results
By Job Kihara, Peter Bolo, Michael Kinyua, John Mukalama, Rolf Sommer, and Andrew Margenot. “Where farmyard manure has been added, there is living soil. But the soil is dead where there is only mineral fertilizer application”. This statement by Erest Omulama, a...
Introducing CIAT Learning Commons!
CIAT Learning Commons is a space for CIAT staff and visitors to dream up their best ideas, to work together, and to take a break from their desks.
EATxCali Forum – A Latin American perspective on food, health and the environment
Over 80% of the Latin American population now lives in urban areas. Many of them are poor and have limited access to healthy food at affordable prices.