CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia

by Rosemary Nzuki | Jan 13, 2020

CIAT CHAMPIONS CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia By Rosemary Nzuki | Dic 20, 2020 “Working to help the Ministry of Education in the Kenya Educational Sector Support Program made me realize the power of data for decision making.” Throughout his university...

Strengthening Partnerships for Agricultural Resilience in Africa

by Rosemary Nzuki | Dec 18, 2019

Morocco, 13 December 2019…The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) signed an agreement for future joint research with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco. Going forward, the UM6P and the Alliance between Bioversity International...

Grass cushions farmer’s retirement

by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 25, 2019

Bernard Gitobu in his grass farm Bernard Gitobu spent most of his life working in bank, but deep down his heart, he knew he would retire into farming. After all, his parents were farmers. Upon retiring from work, Bernard went ahead to set up his farm in Kithoka...

Simplyfying soil data management in sub-Saharan Africa

by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 15, 2019

Source: http://gsdm.ciat.cgiar.org    The idea of visualizing soil data at a glance electronically is exciting to many actors in agriculture and land-use planning. Previously, soil characterization required traveling to the field to collect soil samples and sending...

Grass transforms farmers’ fortune

by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 14, 2019

Rachel talks with Uwe Ohmstedt from CIAT about the performance of the cultivars on her plots. “I had a bad experience when I ordered some grass seeds that were being advertised on Facebook.  What I got was a mix of Mulato and some unidentified variety that did not do...