by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 4, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Christian Bunn: making science when uncertainty remains por Erika Mosquera | Sept 4, 2019 Risk is the possibility of something bad happens. So, uncertainty is unavoidable if we want to prevent or manage the risk… because at the end, we are talking...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 27, 2019
International Youth Day (IYD), a United Nations initiative, is commemorated yearly on 12 August to bring to the fore youth’s pivotal role in accelerating progress toward global goals. In addition, the day is meant to draw the attention of stakeholders and leaders to...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao por Sylvia Pineda | Ago 20, 2019 Since June, 2018, Mayesse Da Silva, Soil Scientist at CIAT, has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CIAT is proud! Jefferson Valencia, young scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) area at CIAT, was awarded a Borlaug fellowship and will attend Purdue University in Indiana, United States, to pursue an internship to implement a hydrological...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and pests. With an average 90 percent success rate in detecting a pest or a disease, the tool can help farmers avoid millions of dollars in losses Artificial...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 1, 2019
Within the framework of the project on scaling flash drying technology, financed by CGIAR’s research program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), CIAT through the cassava program will hold the workshop “Low-cost flash dryer for starch and cassava flour at...
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