by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 21, 2019
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council. (NERC), recently invested in seven projects awarded through the Newton Fund to...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao por Sylvia Pineda | Ago 20, 2019 Since June, 2018, Mayesse Da Silva, Soil Scientist at CIAT, has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CIAT is proud! Jefferson Valencia, young scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) area at CIAT, was awarded a Borlaug fellowship and will attend Purdue University in Indiana, United States, to pursue an internship to implement a hydrological...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019
Louis Verchot, scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes Research Area at CIAT, provides us his views on the Special Report on Climate Change and Land, published yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), of which he was one...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 8, 2019
After four years at CIAT as the leader of the Rice Program, Fernando Correa passes the baton to María Fernanda Álvarez, the new leader, as of August 12. Here is a piece of his story: Contributing to making rice varieties planted in Latin America more resistant to...
by José Luis Urrea | Aug 1, 2019
Photo: Farmers at a community plot testing different forages in Tanzania. Credit: Georgina Smith / CIAT Cross-posted from The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform Meat and dairy products are central to the Latin American diet, and livestock is a source of income for...
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