by Maria Eliza Villarino | Jul 1, 2020
Primary forest areas in Ucayali, Peru, deforested due to palm oil production. Photo by: Rettet den Regenwald e.V. (Rainforest Rescue) / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Augusto Castro-Nuñez and Ma. Eliza J. Villarino The COVID-19 pandemic brings home a point that Jane Goodall...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 10, 2020
On Friday, May 29, a national dialog was held: “Colombia’s food system in times of COVID-19,” organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Experts spoke about the need to digitize agriculture, educate the consumer, and promote associativity in...
by Andy Jarvis | Jun 6, 2020
Dr. Myles Fisher, an Emeritus of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and a groundbreaking agricultural scientist passed away on the 27th of May. He suffered a stroke, which mercifully was sudden and painless. Myles was my colleague, my mentor, and my...
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...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Mar 16, 2020
Some of the writeshop participants. Authors: Lulseged Tamene and Rosemary Nzuki. Researchers in Ethiopia have for years generated data and knowledge to tackle agricultural challenges. However, little value has been obtained from these invaluable assets that remain...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 12, 2020
A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities. The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges As...