by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 22, 2019
Christine Chege (left) visiting a group of women processing and selling nutrient-dense products in Katsina in north Nigeria. Over the last six months, a team of researchers from International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Sustainable Food Systems initiative...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 20, 2018
Authors: Rolf Sommer and Birthe Paul What goes around comes around! Green manure cover crops – or GMCCs, as we affectionately call them – have some history. The idea to grow plants that protect the soil and improve its fertility dates back some two to three decades at...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 14, 2018
Countries have ambitious land-restoration goals, including Initiative 20x20, which aims to restore 20 million hectares in Latin America by 2020. CIAT’s Lou Verchot and colleagues are evaluating the progress in restoration across the region. What does land restoration...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 11, 2018
Cassava stem traders unload trucks in Eastern Cambodia. Photo: CIAT Cross-posted from the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) If you have a garden, you probably buy seeds from the store, or maybe even swap some varieties with your friends or...
by Sean Mattson | Dec 5, 2018
Frequency of Technology Clusters Considered Climate-Smart by Select Crops (global) A report launched by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the World Bank at COP24 analyses efforts to transform farming with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 28, 2018
Juan Lucas Restrepo will become Bioversity International’s Director General in March 2019. In 2020, Restrepo will become CEO of the Alliance between Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. The Boards of Trustees of Bioversity...
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