What do you mean the hamburger isn’t all that American?

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 6, 2019

Scientists and graphic designers are joining forces to strengthen the communication power of research through attractive, informative, and even surprising visuals. Say you’re a scientist who studies the origins and history of food, and you want to communicate to the...

Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 1, 2019

Developed by CIAT and the Crop Trust, the indicator provides an official marker for thousands of economically and culturally important plants. It shows conservation goals set for 2020 will be hard to attain. The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership officially adopted...

Terra-i user manual for monitoring land-cover changes is now available

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 24, 2019

By: Paula A. Paz and Jhon Jairo Tello Terra-i, a project by CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) and Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) research areas, presents its “User manual – Near real-time monitoring system for the detection of vegetation loss...

CIAT leads project to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 12, 2019

The initiative, jointly coordinated with the Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI), the subnational government of Ucayali, and in partnership with international consultants Climate Focus (CF), aims to facilitate...

African policy makers turn on to biofortification

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 12, 2019

Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of crops for better nutritional value, is an effort that was born in 1994 under the guidance of World Food Prize laureate Howdy Bouis. Biofortification seeks to address micronutrient deficiencies, or “hidden hunger,” by...