by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2019
CIAT’s Alliance partner, Bioversity International, celebrates its 45th anniversary on May 20. In collaboration with the Government of Italy – the Center’s host nation – and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Bioversity will mark the day...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2019
Geoffrey Hawtin What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends, there is a range of highly contrasting outcomes In one scenario, these bedrocks of society will have continued down their current path and faced...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | May 6, 2019
Cacao growing on a farm in the Department of Guaviare, Colombia. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT Nearly a year ago, Colombia signed up for the Cocoa & Forests Initiative, making it the first Latin American country to do so. Its commitment: to end deforestation...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 4, 2019
In the context of ongoing debates surrounding the recently approved Colombian National Development Plan’s deforestation targets, there is reason for optimism regarding forest conservation. In a new agreement that highlights CIAT’s commitment to working with local...
by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 25, 2019
Michael Peters has led the Tropical Forages Program at CIAT for 12 years now, but his history with forages began 30 years ago, when he started pursuing a Master’s degree in Tropical Forages at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in...
by Adriana Varón | Apr 22, 2019
David Kaimowitz did not visit CIAT as the Natural Resources and Climate Change Director for the Ford Foundation, but as a family friend. And he found a CIAT placing more emphasis on climate change and with a potential in forest conservation, the subject matter of...
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