by Ruben G. Echeverría | Apr 15, 2018
Over the course of 50 years, CIAT had distinguished itself for its contributions to development through innovative agricultural research across the tropics. Building on this track record, we move forward into the next half century committed to better understanding and...
by Ruben G. Echeverría | Feb 9, 2016
This article first appeared in Spanish in Colombia’s national newspaper El Tiempo, on Tuesday, 9th February, 2016. I was a teenager when I first learned about the civil war in Colombia. I heard the news on the radio in my native Uruguay. Five decades...
by Ruben G. Echeverría | Dec 17, 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, so does the International Year of Soils. Research on soils is a critical pillar of CIAT’s work, as Center staff demonstrated throughout the year, in a global campaign that put soils at the forefront of issues ranging from food security and...
by Ruben G. Echeverría | Oct 13, 2015
In adopting the sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the United Nations summit held last month in New York City, world leaders made it very clear what agricultural research must accomplish in the years to come. By 2030, this research must, among other things, help...
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