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An eye on deforestation: Terra-i goes to Asia
Terra-i - the tracking database which flags deforestation - is going to Asia. The online mapping tool has checked the pulse of habitat health in Latin America since 2012, transforming real-time data every two months into habitat-change maps. Now, it will do the same...
Kick-starting food resilience in Philippines
Treading carefully through a brown field in the mid-day heat, a smallholder farmer in the Philippines points to a recent batch of cassava. Although the weather has not been favorable for some crops, his cassava harvest allowed him to pay for school fees and provide...
CIAT research leader receives honor from North American scientific society
Joe Tohme, director of CIAT’s Agrobiodiversity Research Area, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
Two alliances working together on cocoa production in El Salvador
Two alliances acting for a sustainable increase of cocoa production in El Salvador. The Cacao Alliance, iniciative lead by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the inter-research area alliance between CIAT scientists from Soils Research Area and Ecosystem Services from DAPA are starting a new collaboration to develop a hydrological assessment and propose water secure management recommendations for three prioritized areas in El Salvador.
Scientific Research Resources for CIAT Staff – 2016
We are pleased to present you with an overview of research resources provided by the library branch of our Data, Information, and Knowledge team. All of these resources can be found on the Data, Information, and Knowledge page, under the heading Scientific Research Resources.
Testing a new approach to drive inclusive business in Peru
CIAT has worked successfully for many years on the development of models for inclusive business culminating in the LINK method.
El monitoreo preciso de cultivos alcanza nuevas alturas
Los drones han fortalecido la investigación de diversas áreas del CIAT pues permiten la obtención de información en tiempo real que puede ser utilizada en un sinfín de aplicaciones. Así, estos equipos tecnológicos se han convertido en herramientas científicas indispensables que optimizan esfuerzos y recursos financieros.
Policy influence as a pathway to impact
Nearly a year ago, I published this reflection on the importance of public policy in shaping outcomes for coffee supply chain actors. Policies at origin and in the marketplace are a primary determinant of who participates in the coffee trade and how. And yet, efforts to influence policy are often beyond the scope of projects designed to improve the lives of vulnerable smallholder farmers and farmworkers.
Colombia post-conflict: The EU and CIAT discuss rural development for an era of peace
Representatives of the European Union (EU) visited CIAT headquarters yesterday, getting a glimpse of how Colombia can transition to a post-conflict era through productive, profitable and sustainable agriculture.
Peace in Colombia – an opportunity for rural development
As Colombia moves closer to a deal that could end its five decade-long civil war, CIAT’s director-general Ruben Echeverría shares his thoughts on what peace could mean for rural development in the country.