Partial food systems baseline assessment at the Vietnam benchmark sites

by Le Pham | Sep 27, 2018

Data collection in Moc Chau Son La. Photo: Trang Nguyen CIAT and the National Institute of Nutrition of Vietnam (NIN) launched a collaborative Partial Food Systems Baseline Assessment at different sites in the country. The aim of the study is to elucidate specific...

Nutrition just got more affordable and accessible!

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Sep 13, 2018

Nutritious and affordable porridge flours launched to address malnutrition in East Africa By: Christine Chege and Patricia Onyango The multi-composite, safe, nutritious, and affordable porridge flours aimed at diversifying diets of consumers have been launched in...

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...

Only tortillas and beans

by Diana Carolina Lopera | Aug 1, 2018

Every day we hear expressions like these in rural households in Guatemala. Families must make decisions on how to distribute food within their household. Not only on the food produced on their own farms – that often is scarce due to constant droughts affecting crops –...

PABRA increases its collection of documents on CGSpace by 49%

by José Antonio Arana | Jul 31, 2018

CIAT Information Management Services team provided support for the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance – PABRA – to create and complete the PABRA community of information resources on CGSpace. The joint effort made it possible for the PABRA community to...