by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
Maria Elker Montoya, a co-author of the study, works with suspended cassava plants in an aeroponics system used for the research. (Credit: CIAT) Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real time, suspended in the air. The...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
If your goal for the new year is to make a difference in your community, country, or beyond, the Food System Vision Prize could be the chance to make your dream a reality. The US$2 million prize, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, is accepting applications until...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 20, 2019
By Ivy Kinyua and Rosemary Nzuki Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is the proposed approach in the face of climate variability. The government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is playing an active role in advocating for the uptake of CSA both nationally...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 18, 2019
How might we envision regenerative and nourishing food futures for 2050? For food systems to be regenerative, nourishing, and able to provide for 10 billion people, they will need to be very different than they are today. A positive, inspirational Vision, in which we...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 14, 2019
Food system solutions at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition Our planet – both humans and the natural world – faces four global crises of relevance to the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture...
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“Now CIAT has a more comprehensive view of environmental issues” ... 
Strength in diversity: How cassava intercropping benefits the crops, the ... 
Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s ...