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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Augusto Castro | 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...
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