Marking 10 years since CIAT signed the Plant Treaty

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 16, 2016

It just so happens that today – World Food Day 2016 – coincides with the 10th anniversary of CIAT signing The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This landmark United Nations agreement now signed by 140 countries aims...

CIAT Research Online Newsletter

by Megan Zandstra | Sep 28, 2016

Many of you have been following our CIAT Research Online newsletters. Every second month, we release a synopsis of new CIAT publications, briefs, tools, and open datasets. We also try to provide citation statistics and show how CIAT publications are being shared via...

BiblioCIAT, an alternative to foster reading and dialogue

by Simone Staiger | Sep 22, 2016

Recently we launched at CIAT HQ a Free Little Library which we called “Biblio-CIAT”. We hope to stimulate conversation and engage readers of all nationalities. You can find Biblio-CIAT at the coffee shop. How it works: We asked CIAT HQ staff to donate favorite books,...

Livestock: climate menace or opportunity for change?

by Georgina Smith | Sep 20, 2016

This will be among topics presented by a team of CIAT’s researchers at the Tropentag 2016 conference in Vienna, Austria, themed: “Solidarity in a competing world – fair use of resources,” from September 18 – 21. Cattle production – which has a considerable...

Four decades of innovation in the forage entomology and pathology laboratory

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 31, 2016

For 40 years, team work has been the central pillar of the entomology and pathology laboratory in CIAT´s Tropical Forages Program. The team´s main task is to evaluate damage to pastures caused by an insect pest commonly known as the spittlebug and a disease whose...

Climate change: Special guest at the International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development

by Adriana Varón | Aug 25, 2016

For 2 days, climate change was the topic of discussion at the Eighth International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development, which took place in Palmira, Valle. Organized by the municipality as part of the 41st National Agricultural Fair, the event attracted key CIAT...