CIAT announces new Regional Director for Africa

by Georgina Smith | Jul 22, 2016

CIAT is pleased to welcome Dr. Debisi Araba as Regional Director for Africa. With extensive experience in agricultural policy and project implementation, he will work with the team to establish a vision and strategy for CIAT’s pan-Africa research programs, building on...

Eating high-iron beans reduces iron deficiency in just a few months

by Georgina Smith | Jul 19, 2016

Eating specially-bred, high-iron beans twice-a-day for just four-and-a-half months reduced iron deficiency and anaemia in young women in Rwanda, according to a new study. Iron deficiency is the world’s leading nutritional ailment, particularly in developing countries....

How much do countries benefit from one another’s crop diversity?

by Colin Khoury | Jul 18, 2016

Bananas originated in South and Southeast Asia, and are now produced throughout the world’s tropics and eaten in at least 192 countries worldwide. Quinoa came from the South American Andes, and is currently cultivated in almost 100 nations. Countries clearly depend on...

Brachiaria breakthrough: scientists home-in on apomixis

by Paul Blake | Jul 15, 2016

The US corn industry underwent a massive transformation during the 20th century. The introduction of hybrid seeds allowed farmers to grow row after row of uniform plants, which produced large quantities of grain. The seeds, which were produced by selectively breeding...

Big data, the key for tomorrow´s agriculture

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 14, 2016

“There is no greater feeling than being at the right time at the right place to dare outline the trends of the future agriculture that we need to start strengthening as of today,” said Daniel Jiménez, CIAT’s Data and agronomy scientist, to define his experience...

Less talk more action, special issue: it’s time to save our soils

by Juliet Braslow | Jul 13, 2016

Published by: Juliet Braslow and Rolf Sommer “Let’s be frank: we are making too little progress on protecting soils in sub-Saharan Africa from physical or chemical degradation!” That’s how this new soil-focused special issue is framed by the editors. Soils provide the...