A team that´s bringing the Big Data revolution to agriculture

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 4, 2016

Just as CIAT scientists anticipated more than 6 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other key international institutions now affirm that Big Data will be the driver of the next revolution in agriculture. In search of better...

Terra-i team, scientific talent for a greener world

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 4, 2016

The Terra-i,  which works under CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area, is constantly evolving, and their main goal this year is to process a larger amount of data in less time. “To meet this challenge we purchased more data processing devices...

Cassava – A root that brings Corpoica and CIAT together

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 27, 2016

A total of eight cassava varieties will be released in Colombia´s Cauca Department, Caribbean region, and Eastern Plains during the second half of 2016. Coming at the end of an important collaborative process, this achievement also signals the start of new joint...

CATIE and CIAT, a convincing partnership

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 27, 2016

That’s how Muhammad Ibrahim, new Director General of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE, its Spanish acronym) highligthed it during his visit to CIAT headquarters near Cali, Colombia, on 7 and 8 July, aimed to identify collaborative...

CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa

by Georgina Smith | Jul 22, 2016

CIAT is pleased to welcome Dr. Debisi Araba as Regional Director for Africa. With extensive experience in agricultural policy and project implementation, he will work with the team to establish a vision and strategy for CIAT’s pan-Africa research programs, building on...

37 years of conducting research analyses on plants and soils

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 14, 2016

For 37 years, the Plant Physiology and Nutrition Laboratory at CIAT has been in charge of chemical analyses for different projects related to forages, beans, and the soils in which they grow. The group working in the laboratory is composed of coordinator Gonzalo...