Protected: Ideal Diets – Call for visiting researcher 2020

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jan 28, 2020

CREDITS: Photo: Pixabay • Icon adapted from: faisalovers / The Noun Project We are seeking a Master’s or Ph.D. student, with co-funding to partially support their fellowship/internship at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Expertise in Public...

What happens in the city when we understand that the rural-urban link is increasingly strong? Cali’s example

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Oct 4, 2019

Photo credit: G.Smith/CIAT Not a new: agriculture is not an exclusive business from rural areas. For that reason, several years ago, CIAT began to respond to the need of building an inclusive and resilient food system in one of the most important cities in Colombia:...

Ricardo Hernández: a well-kept secret weapon residing in Vietnam

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Sep 18, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Ricardo Hernández: a well-kept secret weapon residing in Vietnam By Erika Mosquera | Sept 18, 2019 Ricardo Hernández is a well-kept secret weapon residing in the Vietnam office for the war against nutritional deficiencies. As part of the Sustainable...

Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jul 30, 2019

Written by: Anna Whitton, Sandra Aronson & Lisa Gerbal  More and more we are hearing that the food system is ‘broken’ – many people aren’t getting enough to eat amidst plenty, more are eating too much when they ‘know’ they shouldn’t, and most aren’t eating the...

When immiscible becomes miscible

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Oct 22, 2018

Photo credit: © inkeraabe / Pixabay  Linking efforts for reducing forest-based emissions with those for delivering peace is possible. We are examining under what conditions that is possible. Last year, scientists from the University of Edinburgh discovered that under...