by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 23, 2019
ARQMO president explaining the Quilombola Fund mechanism to the member of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pará, which validates the leading role that Quilombola representatives have had in the creation and implementation of the Quilombola Fund. The Quilombolas...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 21, 2019
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council. (NERC), recently invested in seven projects awarded through the Newton Fund to...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019
Louis Verchot, scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes Research Area at CIAT, provides us his views on the Special Report on Climate Change and Land, published yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), of which he was one...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and pests. With an average 90 percent success rate in detecting a pest or a disease, the tool can help farmers avoid millions of dollars in losses Artificial...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 9, 2019
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are breeding heat-tolerant common beans to benefit farmers in Latin America and Africa. The challenge of a growing food demand in a changing climate has long driven the development of hardier...