by Andy Jarvis | Jun 6, 2020
Dr. Myles Fisher, an Emeritus of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and a groundbreaking agricultural scientist passed away on the 27th of May. He suffered a stroke, which mercifully was sudden and painless. Myles was my colleague, my mentor, and my...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 5, 2020
Photo credit: Terra-i Deforestation has many drivers but one is often overlooked: food consumption in cities that increases demand for products produced on deforested land. To be successful, tropical countries’ zero-deforestation policies need to address...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 2, 2020
By CIMMYT The 2020 IAAA award recognizes groundbreaking data systems and tools helping more than 150,000 farmers in Mexico. While technology and data analysis have revolutionized farming in high-income countries, farmers in low-income nations have often been left out....
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 14, 2020
Figure 1: Agricultural officer Florence Mwachugha providing farmer-to-farmer crop management training; Smart Logistics weighing the seeds for purchase from the Ushirikiano Women SHG in Nakuru (from left to right). By Eileen Nchanji Achieving food and nutritional...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 6, 2020
Pig production is an important source of livelihoods for many smallholder farmers in Uganda. Authors: John Mutua, Birthe Paul, Mireille Ferrari (ILRI) and Rosemary Nzuki, Global heat stress is a growing problem that stands to impact health, livelihoods and the very...
by Adriana Varón | Apr 17, 2020
Javier Gereda, Genetic Resources Program researcher, in one of his activities for bean seed regeneration, along with his colleague Yeferson Hernández. Making sure that the collections of beans, cassava, bananas, and forages remain alive, even during the quarantine, is...
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