by CIAT Comunicaciones | Apr 28, 2016
“Healthy ecosystems for resilient societies” is the theme chosen for the first Latin American regional ecosystem services conference to take place in CIAT Headquarters, at Palmira, Colombia, on 18–21 October 2016, within the framework of the Ecosystem Services...
by Stefanie Neno | Apr 28, 2016
We build the fundamentals of sustainable food futures The world has never produced or consumed so much food. We cannot, however, ignore the pressure that food production is putting on the environment and the ecosystem services we all depend on. We cannot ignore either...
by Rafael Isidro Parra-Peña | Apr 19, 2016
CIAT’s Linking Farmers to Market’s (LFM) article, written by Rafael Isidro Parra-Peña (LFM-CIAT), Mark Lundy (LFM-CIAT) and Barry Reilly (U. of Sussex), has received an award from the Banco de la República. Therefore, their research paper will be published in a...
by Georgina Smith | Apr 19, 2016
A new scientific report calls for a shift in interventions to tackle malnutrition in children in Rwanda under the age of two. Among recommendations, authors urge renewed focus to “fast-track” pre-pregnancy nutrition. Adolescent nutrition before pregnancy, they say,...
by Georgina Smith | Apr 11, 2016
At this year’s Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3), Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, closed the 5th – 8th April meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, themed: “No one left...
by Georgina Smith | Apr 5, 2016
A research project tackling malnutrition among vulnerable populations in Kenya and Uganda is launched in Nairobi today. The three-year initiative targeting women aged 15-49 years of reproductive age, and children aged 6−59 months, aims to develop a quick-to-cook...
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