Fríjol ICTA Chortí, el “amigo silencioso” en Guatemala

by Stefanie Neno | Mar 24, 2023

Frijol ICTA Chorti: El "amigo siliencioso" en Guatemala Autoras: Adriana Varón y Stefanie Neno  Aqui el texto sobre la niña que come frijoles biofortificados. La familia, etc. Un frijol biofortificado aliado contra la desnutrición infantil en Guatemala...

Alliance managing director for the Americas freed after kidnapping

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2020

December 7, 2020 – Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the managing director for the Americas at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, was freed after being abducted by an armed group in Colombia on December 5. Quintana was in good health and spirits after a...

IMPORTANT MESSAGE

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Dec 7, 2020

December 7, 2020—The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) informs that Saturday, 5 December 2020, Mr. Jesús Antonio Quintana García, the Alliance’s Managing Director for the Americas, was illegally captured...

Post-COVID-19, we need a food systems approach to achieve zero-deforestation diets

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Jul 1, 2020

Primary forest areas in Ucayali, Peru, deforested due to palm oil production. Photo by: Rettet den Regenwald e.V. (Rainforest Rescue) / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Augusto Castro-Nuñez and Ma. Eliza J. Villarino The COVID-19 pandemic brings home a point that Jane Goodall...

In times of COVID-19, experts give suggestions for strengthening Colombia’s food system

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 10, 2020

On Friday, May 29, a national dialog was held: “Colombia’s food system in times of COVID-19,” organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Experts spoke about the need to digitize agriculture, educate the consumer, and promote associativity in...

Giving voice to the voiceless: How COVID-19 is impacting Nairobi slum residents, in their own words

by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jun 9, 2020

Photo credit: Christine Chege / CIAT COVID-19 has only further complicated the challenge of feeding growing cities across Africa and the rest of the world. Researchers are listening to vulnerable urban populations to help develop better, sustainable food system...