Monitoring and Evaluation strategy for CIAT in 2016: Survey results and next steps

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 1, 2016

A recent survey looked at  Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) practices at CIAT and gauged that 76 percent of the 56 respondents are currently involved in M&E work or have been involved in a M&E activity in the past. In particular, staff members have been...

CIAT research leader receives honor from North American scientific society

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 22, 2016

Joe Tohme, director of CIAT’s Agrobiodiversity Research Area, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Joe was chosen “for his distinguished contributions to the field of...

El monitoreo preciso de cultivos alcanza nuevas alturas

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 11, 2016

No es un pájaro, no es un avión, no es Superman… es un ¡dron! Esta exclamación se va poniendo de moda en el CIAT gracias a las investigaciones que actualmente incluyen el uso de estos vehículos aéreos no tripulados, equipados con cámaras e instrumentos de alta...

Fernando Calle: He leaves a trace of enthusiasm and love for growing cassava

by Sylvia Pineda | Dec 14, 2015

Contributing to the third most important source of food energy in the world was Fernando Calle’s mission for 38 years of work at CIAT as agronomist in charge of cassava cultivation in Palmira and the Eastern Plains in Colombia. Today, he ends his phase as a...

Recognition, a road to organizational success

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 23, 2015

Every day, people work hard at their jobs to attain their objectives and hope that their work will be appreciated and their efforts recognized. It is a question of basic human needs, of the recognition and appreciation we all need because human beings, by their very...