HarvestPlus: a story of a nutrition revolution

by Sylvia Pineda | May 4, 2017

By: Christian Zapata, Communication Analyst for HarvestPlus Latinamerica & Caribbean Hidden hunger strikes people who, on the outside, may appear to be consuming an adequate amount of food—mainly staple crops grown on small family farms. Yet, the empty calories of...

HarvestPlus Global Meeting to discuss the Program Strategy 2018 -2022

by Sylvia Pineda | May 3, 2017

In the coming days, HarvestPlus, a global biofortification program led by CIAT and IFPRI is holding a staff retreat at CIAT Headquarters to celebrate achievements and to activate a new Strategic Plan for the program from 2018 to 20122.  This event will bring together...

What we don’t know about John Miles

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 26, 2017

This article is about a brilliant scientist who is retiring from CIAT after working as a plant breeder in the tropical forages program for 37 years. On several occasions I begged John Williams Miles to give me an appointment so I could interview him, but his answer...

Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes – A project that advances leaving a sustainable footprint

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 11, 2017

The Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes Project (SAL), from the Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area (DAPA) at CIAT, which brings together scientists from other research areas such as Soils and Landscapes for Sustainability and the Forages research team,...

CIAT’s 50 years recognized at Embrapa

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 3, 2017

By: Cecile Grenier During the CIAT–Cirad–Embrapa breeders’ workshop (March 20th to 22nd in Goiania, Brazil) a special event was organized by Embrapa to recognize the contribution of 50 years of CIAT’s rice research in Latin America and the Caribbean and...