On International Women’s Day, let’s think about gender equality

by Sylvia Pineda | Mar 5, 2019

On International Women’s Day, Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) partnered to think about how and why gender matters in agriculture and natural resource management (NRM), and to acknowledge those women who, through...

The new version of Tropical Forages selection tool is almost done!

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 21, 2019

Experts in tropical forages meet in Konigstein, Germany to discuss, test functions and design the new Tropical Forages Selection Tool v.2 on a revamped website page and new mobile app. The meeting gathered specialists from different backgrounds and institutions,...

Celebrating women in science

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 12, 2019

Celebrating women in science ; Cross-posted from Bioversity International Join us in celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! On this occasion Bioversity International and CIAT feature some of our very own women scientists working to promote...

Inter-institutional team tackles Honduras’s water crisis

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 12, 2019

More than 300 actors, including technicians and decision makers from six departments in western Honduras (Copán, Intibucá, Lempira, La Paz, Ocotepeque, and Santa Bárbara), have benefited from the Honduras Water platform [Agua de Honduras], co-developed by CIAT’s...

IPCC authors meet in Colombia for final stages of Climate Change and Land report

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Feb 7, 2019

IPCC authors meet in Colombia for final stages of Climate Change and Land report by IPCC MEDIA ADVISORY | Feb 7, 2019 GENEVA, Feb 7 –Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors will meet in Cali, Colombia, on 11-15 February 2019 to make final preparations...

Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 28, 2019

Verónica Ruiz, coautora del estudio basado en Nicaragua, lleva a cabo investigación en pasturas. Crédito: UNAN When cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a potent greenhouse gas – than when absorbed by healthy pasture. The findings...