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A big thumb up for data management interns at CIAT
As a direct response to the increasing demand for data collection, organization and systematization, CIAT recently created a new data and information management team led by the Center’s Program Coordination Unit. This team includes five interns. The purpose of this blog post is to highlight the importance of their contributions in meeting the data needs of the various research programs.
Eight bean lines with the perfect combination: drought resistance and high grain yield
NCB 280, NCB 226, SEN 56, SCR 2, SCR 16, SMC 141, RCB 593, and BFS 67, these are the technical names of the eight elite bean lines identified as parents to start new crossings improved for drought resistance at CIAT’s Bean Program. It has thus been reported in the recently published paper entitled Effective use of water and increased dry matter partitioned to grain contribute to yield of common bean improved for drought resistance.
Are we getting anywhere?
Our highest level global agreements are so urgent that it’s difficult to image how we will even agree on measuring them before their deadlines arrive. We have prepared a policy brief outlining how methods innovated by CIAT researchers and partners can be used as indicators for SDG target 2.5, Aichi target 13, etc.
Gender and AWD. A study in progress with rice farmers in Colombia
Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is an improved practice for producing rice designed by The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which reduces the use of water by 30%, and methane gas emissions by 48% through better water management during the production cycle (Richards and Sander, 2014).
Big Data Roadshow hits East Africa
“This is where the rubber hits the road,” said the World Bank’s Erick Fernandes, opening the first Big Data for Agriculture Roadshow in East Africa in Nairobi, on Wednesday May 24th. Speaking to participants from government, the private sector and research...
IRRI, AfricaRice and CIAT strengthen their alliance in rice research
Matthew Morell, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General of AfricaRice, and Ruben Echeverría, Director General of CIAT, met from May 19 to 24 at CIAT headquarters in Palmira, Colombia.
“This is not just about assets”: New insights into social determinants of resilience
Recent research published last month challenges our conventional model of what determines household and community resilience in low income countries
Water harvesting: CIAT-FLAR project receives high honor
A joint CIAT-FLAR initiative that has allowed farmers in Nicaragua to grow a bumper crop during dry seasons has been recognized for its exceptional innovation by FONTAGRO.
Farmers become editors: what next?
We’ve found that participatory videos are a powerful way to include marginalized voices in development discourse. But we know what you’re thinking. What happens next? When we started out, our aim was to include farmers’ voices in land and soil management-related...
Paris climate agreement cannot be met without emissions reduction target for agriculture, new study suggests
This post is adapted from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) blog. Scientists have calculated, for the first time, the extent to which agricultural emissions must be reduced to limit warming to 2°C in 2100. And, they...