Organizational change, a challenge in a changing world

by Sylvia Pineda | Mar 24, 2020

ALLIANCE CHAMPIONS Organizational change, a challenge in a changing world Por Sylvia Pineda | Marzo 24, 2020 We live in an ever increasingly faster changing world. Technology, services, products, enterprises, economy, markets, social habits, competition… everything...

We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves por Sylvia Pineda| Nov 25, 2019 This text is about a great scientist retiring from CIAT after working as a chemist at the Agrobiodiversity Area for 28 years. Here is the part of her life story spent in this...

The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan Grants Award to CIAT Scientist

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

A Colombian researcher is to be awarded with the Young Scientist recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The prize is to be awarded to Jacobo...

Agriculture AI Brain

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019

IDB Lab, CIAT and SoftBank partner to promote smart rice farming in Colombia           The Inter-American Development Bank, through its innovation lab – IDB Lab, approved US$2 million funding for a project that will improve the productivity and sustainability of rice...

The Champion who created an App to identify banana diseases

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The Champion who created an App to identify banana diseases por Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019 Michael Selvaraj is the leader of the Phenomics Platform team from the Agrobiodiversity Area at CIAT. He is a Champion, because he developed the smartphone...