by Sylvia Pineda | Mar 26, 2019
A new cost-benefit analysis by CIAT examines three practices for improved livestock management in Ethiopia: improved rangeland, restoration of degraded land, and fodder cropping. Preliminary findings suggest all three practices are better than business as usual and...
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...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Mar 12, 2019
Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. One promising approach to help achieve those simultaneously is designing and promoting sustainable land use systems that incorporate the views of all the stakeholders in the value...
by Maria Camila Gomez | Mar 11, 2019
Digital tools are fostering a new revolution in agriculture, opening new possibilities for how farmers monitor their fields, record information and make decisions. For extension workers as well, it is a revolution. Sensors, models, applications are new options for...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 11, 2019
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris Agreement emissions targets are met. Projections show parts of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Australia will be drier, while the tropics and north will be wetter. Even if humans...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Mar 8, 2019
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) today announced a five-year project that will use satellite imagery to address environment and development challenges across the Amazon...
“Foreign” crops – from maize to mangoes – dominate national ... 
Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past ... 
CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa 
Study finds 40% more milk and tens of millions of ... 
New study: Up to 7 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide ... 
On the trail of ancient treasure in Peru