Alliance managing director for the Americas freed after kidnapping

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2020

December 7, 2020 – Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the managing director for the Americas at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, was freed after being abducted by an armed group in Colombia on December 5. Quintana was in good health and spirits after a...

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by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2020

December 7, 2020—The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) informs that Saturday, 5 December 2020, Mr. Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the Alliance’s Managing Director for the Americas, was illegally captured...

In times of COVID-19, experts give suggestions for strengthening Colombia’s food system

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 10, 2020

On Friday, May 29, a national dialog was held: “Colombia’s food system in times of COVID-19,” organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Experts spoke about the need to digitize agriculture, educate the consumer, and promote associativity in...

International analytics award goes to CGIAR centers for sustainable agriculture tools

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 2, 2020

By CIMMYT The 2020 IAAA award recognizes groundbreaking data systems and tools helping more than 150,000 farmers in Mexico. While technology and data analysis have revolutionized farming in high-income countries, farmers in low-income nations have often been left out....

Distributing high-iron and zinc bean varieties to women farmers during COVID-19

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 14, 2020

Figure 1: Agricultural officer Florence Mwachugha providing farmer-to-farmer crop management training; Smart Logistics weighing the seeds for purchase from the Ushirikiano Women SHG in Nakuru (from left to right). By Eileen Nchanji Achieving food and nutritional...