by Martha Del Río | Mar 23, 2017
By Stefania Sellitti, Martha Del Río, and Natalia Gutiérrez Since its beginning in the 20th century, the entire Fair Trade movement has been organized under a single labeling organization, known as Fair Trade International. After diverging from Fair Trade...
by José Antonio Arana | Mar 23, 2017
Fifty years of CIAT. Five decades of collective enthusiasm to improve farmers’ livelihoods and food security in the tropics. Everyone at CIAT has been involved in the goal of advancing each day in fulfilling the institutional mission, some take longer, others less....
by Neil Palmer | Mar 21, 2017
Not long before dawn, at a dairy farm in Colombia’s Cauca Valley, locals line up to buy fresh milk. But two people in the queue are seeking a less palatable purchase: urine. Twenty litres of fresh, steaming cow urine, specifically. “Early morning is a good time to...
by Rolf Sommer | Feb 21, 2017
This blog cross-posted from the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), outlines what CIAT is doing with partners, to assess the impact of various soil conservation practices on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural soils in India. It outlines India’s...
by Ngonidzashe Chirinda | Jan 20, 2017
The pastures that cattle graze also act as their “toilets”. This is because, as cattle eat grass, they periodically urinate and, therefore, randomly deposit urine on the soil surface. Once in the soil, the deposited urine results in the creation of patches that are...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 18, 2017
By Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) This opinion piece was first published by the Pan-African Media Alliance for Climate Change News Agency. It contributes to a global campaign to raise awareness of the importance of...
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