9 ways to get climate-smart agriculture to more people

by Georgina Smith | Nov 17, 2017

Understanding which agricultural practices work best, and where, to halt the impacts of climate change is one thing. But making sure those practices are adopted by communities – farmers, decision and policy makers – is another thing. The process of getting better...

CIAT’s most distinguished ‘offspring’ in Latin America

by Adriana Varón | Nov 7, 2017

They have been leaving home since 1967 and while they are scattered across Latin America, they all have something in common: the surname CIAT. These are 377 rice varieties that have been released over the last 50 years and they all carry the International Center for...

Join our #CIAT50 celebrations

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 26, 2017

We are 20 days away from the great event to celebrate CIAT’s 50th Anniversary at our headquarters on 8 and 9 November, and it’s time to dress up for the party! How to be part of the celebrations?    Use our hashtag #CIAT50 Within the next following weeks,...

“Communication is a task for us all”

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 23, 2017

Sylvia Pineda, a member of the internal communications team at CIAT, visited the Central American regional office in Managua, Nicaragua, on October 16-20. During her visit, topics related to the work carried out by the internal communications team, its achievements,...

Exchange of key knowledge for biodiversity at CIAT’s first DNA barcoding workshop

by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 11, 2017

The first national theoretical-practical DNA barcoding workshop was carried out at CIAT with the objective of training researchers in the processing and analysis of biological samples in the Center’s molecular genetics and tissue culture laboratory. A total of 30...

Pioneers in genome editing in Colombia win prize

by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 26, 2017

The team of CIAT’s genetic transformation platform won first prize in the poster session that was carried out at the sixth congress of the Seed Association of the Americas (SAA) in Cartagena, Colombia, from 5 to 7 September. The agenda covered various themes that the...