by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 28, 2018
Juan Lucas Restrepo will become Bioversity International’s Director General in March 2019. In 2020, Restrepo will become CEO of the Alliance between Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. The Boards of Trustees of Bioversity...
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...
by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Oct 25, 2018
Tackling Cassava Mosaic Disease in Southeast Asia ; In December 2015, a journal publication reported evidence of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in a single plantation in Ratanakiri province in northeast Cambodia. This was the first time that Cassava Mosaic...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 19, 2018
The Climate Smart Villages approach has been recognized by the Latin America Adaptation Awards, during National Adaption Plan Expo Regional, organized by Regatta initiative from UN Environment with the support of Spain government. The Climate Smart Villages approach...
by Sean Mattson | Oct 17, 2018
PATÍA, Colombia – A few years ago, Elena Patricia Ulloa and Jesús Velasco took a hard look at their small dairy farm and decided things needed to improve. Even during the best of times – which meant a year with lot of rain and a mild dry season – a dozen cows on six...
by Deissy Martinez Baron | Oct 16, 2018
A business-as-usual approach can be tolerated no more. The agricultural development community needs to undertake major transitions now so that food can be produced and consumed by the increasing global population even with climate change. No single solutions or...
“Foreign” crops – from maize to mangoes – dominate national ... 
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CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa 
Study finds 40% more milk and tens of millions of ... 
On the trail of ancient treasure in Peru 
New study: Up to 7 billion tonnes of Carbon Dioxide ...