WOCAT – success stories that the world can learn from

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 18, 2017

Food security depends on productive crop and pasture land. Yet these are increasingly threatened by challenges including climate change, land degradation and competition over limited resources. Currently over half of the land used for agriculture worldwide is...

New collaboration with AAIN to grow agri-business in Africa

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 15, 2017

This week, African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alex Ariho, and Human and Institutional, Capacity Development Officer Dr. James Aucha, visited CIAT in Nairobi to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and discuss collaboration between...

Nitrogen-efficient crops on the horizon: Can we grow more with fewer emissions?

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2017

Through a natural, affordable alternative to farmers’ heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers, science now offers an option to boost crop productivity and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the authors of a report that will appear this week in the...

Student perspectives from the field: Talking about the weather in Chiapas, Mexico

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 5, 2017

By Lara Lookabaugh | May 05, 2017 I met Lucy through Mari, an organizer of Mujeres y Maíz Criollo. Lucy lives in Amatenango, a community of Tseltal farmers outside of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. When I arrived in Amatenango, Lucy wasn’t home...

The Quesungual Agroforestry System Takes Root in Nicaragua

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Apr 20, 2017

By Melanie Mason and Mirjam Pulleman | Apr 20, 2017 Farmers in the Dry Corridor of Central America are using the Quesungual agroforestry system to maintain or increase their maize and bean yields, while improving ecosystem services and resilience. This system focuses...