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,...

CIAT and partners to guest edit KM4Dev journal: Best practices in information & data management for development organizations

by Simone Staiger | Aug 23, 2016

Call for Papers for the KM4Dev Journal: Open research, open data, and your development organization: Best practices in information and data management for development The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) is a peer-reviewed community-based...

A big thumb up for data management interns at CIAT

by José Antonio Arana | Jun 3, 2016

Collecting, organizing, and centralizing data is a fundamental component of scientific research. However, making agricultural research data widely available and re-usable is a rather recent initiative, not just for CIAT but also for the CGIAR as a whole.  As a result,...

CIAT staff expresses their points of view about open data

by José Antonio Arana | May 6, 2016

Last November, CIAT’s Data, Information and Knowledge Management group conducted a survey to assess Center staff’s knowledge and understanding of open data access and reuse of CIAT’s data in future research. The survey was answered by 124 CIAT staff...

The road to publishing scientific papers: a successful case for the DAPA team at CIAT

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 19, 2016

Everything within the universe has a special order and in life everything has a method. Projects have to go through stages that cannot be postponed, as in the case of publishing, and this is even more so when they are of a scientific nature. These types of...

Selection of Forages for the Tropics – the SoFT Tool

by Megan Zandstra | Apr 14, 2016

More than the 70% of the total area of agricultural land in developing countries is used for livestock feeding. Worldwide, there are 3.4 billion hectares of grazing land, representing more than a quarter of world land use. Research shows that there is an increasing...