Paula Paz, scientific talent for a greener world

by Sylvia Pineda | Mar 20, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Paula Paz, scientific talent for a greener world by Sylvia Pineda | Mar 20, 2019 In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in geospatial data for tracking changes in plant cover on Earth. The rapid generation of this data and the...

Inter-institutional team tackles Honduras’s water crisis

by Sylvia Pineda | Feb 12, 2019

More than 300 actors, including technicians and decision makers from six departments in western Honduras (Copán, Intibucá, Lempira, La Paz, Ocotepeque, and Santa Bárbara), have benefited from the Honduras Water platform [Agua de Honduras], co-developed by CIAT’s...

World Bank and CIAT launch global analysis of climate-smart agriculture in 33 countries

by Sean Mattson | Dec 5, 2018

Frequency of Technology Clusters Considered Climate-Smart by Select Crops (global) A report launched by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the World Bank at COP24 analyses efforts to transform farming with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in...

A Roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 27, 2018

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture has collaborated for more than 50 years with hundreds of partners across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We work with government agencies and other partners by providing scientific and technical support and...

CIAT researchers presented during Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy week

by Diana Carolina Lopera | Aug 28, 2018

Elise Talsma (Wageningen University) and Diana Carolina Lopera (CIAT), two members of the CIAT team awardee of one of IMMANA (Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Action) grants, took part in the 3rd Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Health...

CIAT Strategy refreshed for 2018–2020

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 22, 2018

In the five years that have passed since CIAT’s current strategy (2014–2020) was prepared, we have embraced new initiatives such as sustainable food systems, big data, and land restoration. We have also incorporated into our agenda the mandates of the UN Sustainable...