Ecosystem services, the value that has no price

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 24, 2016

Should we put a price on ecosystem services in order to protect them? How can we arrange it so that the services and ecosystems that are protected by the indigenous peoples receive appropriate recognition? How can the plans for territorial legislation be a complement...

Marking 10 years since CIAT signed the Plant Treaty

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 16, 2016

It just so happens that today – World Food Day 2016 – coincides with the 10th anniversary of CIAT signing The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This landmark United Nations agreement now signed by 140 countries aims...

Setting the record straight on oil palm and peat in SE Asia

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 5, 2016

Setting the record straight on oil palm and peat in SE Asia A group of 139 scientists have published a letter in response to recent newspaper reports carrying comments made by a Malaysian government minister about the country’s peatlands. The Minister of...

Big data and Africa’s Green Revolution

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 27, 2016

Big data will be key to Africa’s Green Revolution This article first appeared on AllAfrica. By Dr Debisi Araba “Take it to the farmer”. Those were the last words of Dr. Norman Borlaug, as remembered by his granddaughter Julie Borlaug in her opening speech at the...

CIAT and partners focus on soil and land restoration in Paraguay

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 14, 2016

There is a first time for everything, as the saying goes. And for CIAT´s Soils Research Area, the project “Confronting the challenges of smallholder farming communities: Restoration of degraded agroecosystems,” provided the entry point for a new effort in Paraguay to...