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STORMING THE TASTE TEST: How Colombia’s micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine
As part of the CRS-led Borderlands Coffee Project, researchers from CIAT joined the team to help analyse the coffee trade, provide advice to farmers, and take stock of some of the challenges and opportunities.
Colombian coffee: Storming the taste test
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CIAT strengthens partnership with Kenya
Kenya isn’t just home to CIAT’s operations in Africa, it is home to a longstanding and successful partnership with the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) (formerly KARI). Over the years, the partners have generated major agricultural...
Geotrack mealybug invaders and more: CIAT Asia team received support from Dow
When we hear Dow at CIAT, most of us think about the collaboration of CIAT’s forages team with Dow AgroSciences who work together on ensuring farmers to have the high-quality forages they need to fatten their livestock and boost their incomes. Kris Wyckhuys and his...
“White gold” beans to beat drought in Ethiopia
New drought-resilient white beans - most commonly used to make baked beans - will be deployed to Ethiopia, as erratic weather threatens national production and farmers’ incomes. Severe drought in Ethiopia, Africa’s largest exporter of the bean used to make baked...
Knowledge Sharing in search of a home in CGIAR
Last week I attended a workshop in Rome on “Communications for research and development impact: delivering the CGIAR Results framework”, hosted by the Consortium Office. The objective was to develop suggestions for ensuring that communications and knowledge sharing...
Open access and open data: Three insights from the regional CGIAR implementation workshop
From August 18th to 21st, CIAT hosted the regional Open Access / Open Data workshop for CGIAR centers and CRPs, with colleagues from CIP, IRRI, IFPRI and CIMMYT.
A Date with Big Data in Uruguay
It was definitely not love at first sight. Gonzalo Rovira had prepared carefully for this first date. Years of experience assured him that all would go well. But when the big moment arrived, he felt intimidated. His date was a platform named “R,” which is widely used...
Data Management Community of Practice Workshop
CIAT’s data and information management team strives towards becoming the knowledge hub for scientists. The group also aims for CIAT staff to embrace an open science culture and becoming 100% compliant with Open Access goals without compromising quality of work. In...
Social Reporting: many voices building conversation
CIAT’s Communications and Knowledge Management Unit decided to implement and promote “social reporting” during the APR 2015 as a way to build a collective memory of the event, facilitating dialogue and interaction among participants.