by Simone Staiger | Jul 13, 2015
CIAT’s data and information management team strives towards becoming the knowledge hub for scientists. The group also aims for CIAT staff to embrace an open science culture and becoming 100% compliant with Open Access goals without compromising quality of work. In...
by José Antonio Arana | Jul 10, 2015
CIAT’s Communications and Knowledge Management Unit decided to implement and promote “social reporting” during the APR 2015 as a way to build a collective memory of the event, facilitating dialogue and interaction among participants. Social reporting is the use of...
by Megan Zandstra | Jun 12, 2015
The Data and Information Management team will soon be adding ORCID® numbers to our records. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) numbers are to authors what DOIs are to publications. They are unique author identifiers, which enable works to be attributed to...
by Simone Staiger | Jun 4, 2015
For a couple of years now, CIAT’s communications and knowledge management group has been working on the objective to make more out of CIAT’s research results, with the aim to involve broader audiences and increase the applicability of our research. Three types of...
by Simone Staiger | May 14, 2015
The latest issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal (May 2015) is dedicated to: “Facilitation for development. Concepts, practices and approaches to share, learn and improve outcomes for societal development, based in the experience of knowledge...
by Simone Staiger | May 11, 2015
CIAT’s knowledge management team organized the workshop “Basics of participatory workshop facilitation” at CIAT HQ with the aim of strengthening the capacity of researchers to use participatory tools and methodologies that improve the design of workshops and meetings....
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“Now CIAT has a more comprehensive view of environmental issues” ... 
Strength in diversity: How cassava intercropping benefits the crops, the ... 
Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s ...