Caring for the seeds of the future during the quarantine

by Adriana Varón | Apr 17, 2020

Javier Gereda, Genetic Resources Program researcher, in one of his activities for bean seed regeneration, along with his colleague Yeferson Hernández. Making sure that the collections of beans, cassava, bananas, and forages remain alive, even during the quarantine, is...

“Now CIAT has a more comprehensive view of environmental issues” David Kaimowitz

by Adriana Varón | Apr 22, 2019

David Kaimowitz did not visit CIAT as the Natural Resources and Climate Change Director for the Ford Foundation, but as a family friend. And he found a CIAT placing more emphasis on climate change and with a potential in forest conservation, the subject matter of...

Time to talk Internet of Things and agricultural technology

by Adriana Varón | May 9, 2018

Have you ever heard of the Internet of Things (IoT), that is, the possibility to connect devices used on a daily basis (phones, computers, sensors) to internet and how to handle that information? If you would like to know more about it and its application in...

CIAT joins the seed party at the North Pole

by Adriana Varón | Feb 23, 2018

It looks like any other day. The 18 workers of this CIAT laboratory are wearing their white coats and are very concentrated on their work: some count seeds, others, assisted by a giant magnifying glass, remove the seeds that are punctured or broken, and others pack...

CIAT’s most distinguished ‘offspring’ in Latin America

by Adriana Varón | Nov 7, 2017

They have been leaving home since 1967 and while they are scattered across Latin America, they all have something in common: the surname CIAT. These are 377 rice varieties that have been released over the last 50 years and they all carry the International Center for...