CIAT joins the seed party at the North Pole

CIAT joins the seed party at the North Pole

by | Feb 23, 2018

It looks like any other day. The 18 workers of this CIAT laboratory are wearing their white coats and are very concentrated on their work: some count seeds, others, assisted by a giant magnifying glass, remove the seeds that are punctured or broken, and others pack...
Howdy Bouis becomes Interim HarvestPlus CEO

Howdy Bouis becomes Interim HarvestPlus CEO

by | Feb 22, 2018

Cross-posted from HarvestPlus Howdy Bouis, founder and director of HarvestPlus for many years, has agreed to serve as Interim HarvestPlus CEO starting February 14, 2018. The process to recruit a permanent CEO will commence soon. He won the 2016 World Food Prize,...
At the vanguard of Big Data to defeat hunger in the world

At the vanguard of Big Data to defeat hunger in the world

by | Feb 12, 2018

By: Sylvia Pineda / Edition: José Antonio Arana. The digital transformation of economies and societies in recent years has opened new, important possibilities for agriculture. In this context, we see the emergence of CGIAR’s Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, which...

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