Wild coffee plants, Christmas trees and chocolate’s tree are surprisingly poorly protected

by Sean Mattson | Nov 21, 2018

Urgent action is needed to protect thousands of useful wild plants, according to new research; the data strongly suggest international conservation targets for 2020 will not be met — even for ‘commonplace’ wild plants. Headlines about threatened...

Echo from the 18th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 14, 2018

A total of 200 participants, 70 oral presentations, 170 scientific posters on display, two culinary demonstrations, more than a dozen specialized sessions, visits to laboratories and field trials from the cassava program at CIAT, a new president of the ISTRC, and a...

Tackling Cassava Mosaic Disease in Southeast Asia

by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Oct 25, 2018

Tackling Cassava Mosaic Disease in Southeast Asia ; In December 2015, a journal publication reported evidence of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in a single plantation in Ratanakiri province in northeast Cambodia. This was the first time that Cassava Mosaic...

In Cali, the next agri-food revolution is being seeding

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 19, 2018

The next agri-food revolution begins in Cali having the 18th Triennial Symposium of The International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), which will be held from October 22 to 25 at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) headquarters, having as...

A family’s dairy farm is transformed with hard work, risk and steady technical help

by Sean Mattson | Oct 17, 2018

PATÍA, Colombia – A few years ago, Elena Patricia Ulloa and Jesús Velasco took a hard look at their small dairy farm and decided things needed to improve. Even during the best of times – which meant a year with lot of rain and a mild dry season – a dozen cows on six...

Daniela, the producer who honors her family name: Campo (Field or Farm)

by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Oct 14, 2018

Daniela, the producer who honors her family name: Campo (Field or Farm) By: Adriana Varón ; She was born on the farm, grew up there, and today she is a prosperous tomato producer, but not just any tomato! It is an organic tomato produced in a sustainable way and...