Join the internal activities to celebrate CIAT’s 50th anniversary

by José Antonio Arana | Mar 23, 2017

Fifty years of CIAT. Five decades of collective enthusiasm to improve farmers’ livelihoods and food security in the tropics. Everyone at CIAT has been involved in the goal of advancing each day in fulfilling the institutional mission, some take longer, others less....

Hans Rosling, an intellectual beacon who also illuminated CIAT

by José Antonio Arana | Mar 1, 2017

A guru of data display, a physician committed to the most vulnerable, a rigorous researcher, innovative professor or simply, edutainer, as he defined himself (a blend of educator-teacher  and entertainer-host). Any of these definitions suited Hans Rosling well. He...

Becoming a better facilitator

by José Antonio Arana | Oct 28, 2016

Constantly, professionals of CIAT’s research and management areas face the challenge of organizing workshops, meetings and gatherings where they aspire to get feedback from their teams, partners or farmers. However, getting people to participate and openly express...

CIAT celebrates Open Access Week believing in its role in strengthening agricultural research

by José Antonio Arana | Oct 21, 2016

The international Open Access Week (24 – 28 Oct 2016) is now in its eighth year. It is a global event that creates opportunities “for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned...

A big thumb up for data management interns at CIAT

by José Antonio Arana | Jun 3, 2016

Collecting, organizing, and centralizing data is a fundamental component of scientific research. However, making agricultural research data widely available and re-usable is a rather recent initiative, not just for CIAT but also for the CGIAR as a whole.  As a result,...