How diverse is the global diet?

by Colin Khoury | May 15, 2017

New Changing Global Diet website explores changes in diets over the past 50 years in countries around the world One of the central concepts that unifies those concerned with biodiversity is the understanding that this diversity is being lost, piece by piece, to a...

Kenya’s drought masks a deeper problem with livestock feed

by Georgina Smith | May 12, 2017

This opinion piece first appeared in Kenya’s Business Daily Newspaper on May 1st. As this week’s Nairobi Burger Festival draws to a close, we revisit the underlying cause of a spike in milk prices and draw attention to an issue which could bring us fewer burgers...

Beans without borders, by Clare Mukankusi

by Claudia Calderón | May 11, 2017

#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future Clare Mukankusi, plant breeder “The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area for 20 countries, which has allowed us to significantly speed up the release of new beans” Beans without...

Student perspectives from the field: Talking about the weather in Chiapas, Mexico

by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 5, 2017

By Lara Lookabaugh | May 05, 2017 I met Lucy through Mari, an organizer of Mujeres y Maíz Criollo. Lucy lives in Amatenango, a community of Tseltal farmers outside of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. When I arrived in Amatenango, Lucy wasn’t home...

What we don’t know about John Miles

by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 26, 2017

This article is about a brilliant scientist who is retiring from CIAT after working as a plant breeder in the tropical forages program for 37 years. On several occasions I begged John Williams Miles to give me an appointment so I could interview him, but his answer...

Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years

by Colin Khoury | Apr 24, 2017

Five surprising ways people’s diets have changed over the past 50 years By Sara Kammlade and Colin K. Khoury Newly released interactive infographics show how the so-called “globalized diet” has emerged. They unearth a number of surprises about the foods we eat across...