by Rosemary Nzuki | Feb 12, 2020
A stakeholder validation meeting with participants from woredas (districts) around the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, international research organizations, and universities. The production-conservation paradox – one of the 21st century’s grand challenges As...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Feb 5, 2020
Adapted Icons from: Gan Khoon Lay / The Noun Project The Applied Economics Lab team is looking for a visiting researcher to collaborate in the impact assessment of the Maximizing Opportunities for Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project. The MOCCA Project is...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jan 28, 2020
CREDITS: Photo: Pixabay • Icon adapted from: faisalovers / The Noun Project We are seeking a Master’s or Ph.D. student, with co-funding to partially support their fellowship/internship at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Expertise in Public...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species. These ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future. If they don’t go extinct first Growing up in...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
Steve Beebe (R), the leader of CIAT’s bean program, guides colleagues from Central America and Africa through an experimental greenhouse at CIAT’s campus in Palmira, Colombia. The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 23, 2020
Maria Elker Montoya, a co-author of the study, works with suspended cassava plants in an aeroponics system used for the research. (Credit: CIAT) Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real time, suspended in the air. The...
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