A team that´s bringing the Big Data revolution to agriculture

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 4, 2016

Just as CIAT scientists anticipated more than 6 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other key international institutions now affirm that Big Data will be the driver of the next revolution in agriculture. In search of better...

Terra-i team, scientific talent for a greener world

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 4, 2016

The Terra-i,  which works under CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area, is constantly evolving, and their main goal this year is to process a larger amount of data in less time. “To meet this challenge we purchased more data processing devices...

Dr Edgar Amézquita Collazos: His legacy is fundamental to the advance of agriculture in Colombia

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 14, 2016

By the Soils team of CIAT, led by Dr. Louis Verchot. We regretfully announce that Dr Edgar Amézquita Collazos, CIAT Soil Scientist, passed away on Friday, 17 June 2016, in Cali. Dr Amézquita was not only a profoundly human person, but he was also an outstanding...

37 years of conducting research analyses on plants and soils

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 14, 2016

For 37 years, the Plant Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory at CIAT has been in charge of chemical analyses for different projects related to forages, beans, and the soils in which they grow. The group working in the laboratory is composed of coordinator Gonzalo...

A “model” team addressing climate change

by Sylvia Pineda | Jun 15, 2016

In the face of the fact that climatic change could increase the frequency and severity of droughts or rainy seasons, exposing farmers to adverse climates that would cause severe damage to crops, the Crop and Climate modeling team of CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis...