by Leroy Mwanzia | Oct 26, 2017
Leroy Mwanzia, Data and Information Manager at CIAT. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT Open data can mean different things to different people. For me and my team, it’s not about giving away data, it’s about giving it back. Over the last 50 years, CIAT scientists...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Oct 25, 2017
Symptoms of the disease include short internodes on the stem. Photo by: Georgina Smith / CIAT In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, CIAT lead virologist Wilmer Cuellar stood before Food and Agriculture Organization representatives to confirm the presence and likely spread of...
by Madelline Romero | Oct 20, 2017
Photo by Madelline Romero/CIAT Cassava currently covers 25 million hectares worldwide, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization – more than all the land in the entire United Kingdom. At this huge scale, the impacts of agriculture on the...
by Adriana Varón | Oct 19, 2017
The vision for a deforestation-free Amazon By Adriana Varón | Apr 27, 2017 The Amazon Vision Program, an initiative of the Colombian Government and supported by the Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and Germany, aims to promote a new development model in the...
by Mercy Lungaho | Oct 18, 2017
At the 2017 Borlaug Dialogue this week, October 18-20, Dr. Mercy Lung’aho says feeding our youth more nutritious food is critical for a prosperous Africa. Her opinion piece was first published by Inter Press Service News Agency. One drizzly morning in some lush...
by Georgina Smith | Oct 13, 2017
Women play an important role in rural agriculture. This International Day of Rural Women, we visit two farmers in Ethiopia who are transforming their rural livelihoods and making a difference in their communities. Bula Muda is a farmer in a rural area a few hour’s...
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