Call for a visiting researcher for Applied Economics Lab

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Feb 5, 2020

Adapted Icons from: Gan Khoon Lay / The Noun Project The Applied Economics Lab team is looking for a visiting researcher to collaborate in the impact assessment of the Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project.  The MOCCA Project is...

CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia

by Rosemary Nzuki | Jan 13, 2020

CIAT CHAMPIONS CIAT Champion of Open Science: Leroy Mwanzia By Rosemary Nzuki | Dic 20, 2020 “Working to help the Ministry of Education in the Kenya Educational Sector Support Program made me realize the power of data for decision making.” Throughout his university...

Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance co-winner of US$1 million Al-Sumait prize

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 28, 2019

The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) was awarded the 2019 edition of the US$1 million Al-Sumait Prize for African Development on November 25. PABRA, which is coordinated by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), shared the award with the...

We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves por Sylvia Pineda| Nov 25, 2019 This text is about a great scientist retiring from CIAT after working as a chemist at the Agrobiodiversity Area for 28 years. Here is the part of her life story spent in this...

The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan Grants Award to CIAT Scientist

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

A Colombian researcher is to be awarded with the Young Scientist recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The prize is to be awarded to Jacobo...

Simplyfying soil data management in sub-Saharan Africa

by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 15, 2019

Source: http://gsdm.ciat.cgiar.org    The idea of visualizing soil data at a glance electronically is exciting to many actors in agriculture and land-use planning. Previously, soil characterization required traveling to the field to collect soil samples and sending...