Colombian coffee: Storming the taste test

by Neil Palmer | Oct 8, 2015

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CIAT strengthens partnership with Kenya

by Stephanie Malyon | Oct 8, 2015

Kenya isn’t just home to CIAT’s operations in Africa, it is home to a longstanding and successful partnership with the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) (formerly KARI). Over the years, the partners have generated major agricultural...

Geotrack mealybug invaders and more: CIAT Asia team received support from Dow

by Simone Staiger | Oct 6, 2015

When we hear Dow at CIAT, most of us think about the collaboration of CIAT’s forages team with Dow AgroSciences who work together on ensuring farmers to have the high-quality forages they need to fatten their livestock and boost their incomes. Kris Wyckhuys and his...

“White gold” beans to beat drought in Ethiopia

by Georgina Smith | Oct 5, 2015

New drought-resilient white beans – most commonly used to make baked beans – will be deployed to Ethiopia, as erratic weather threatens national production and farmers’ incomes. Severe drought in Ethiopia, Africa’s largest exporter of the bean used to make...

A Date with Big Data in Uruguay

by Adriana Varón | Aug 18, 2015

It was definitely not love at first sight. Gonzalo Rovira had prepared carefully for this first date. Years of experience assured him that all would go well. But when the big moment arrived, he felt intimidated. His date was a platform named “R,” which is widely used...