CIAT research surprises Japanese delegation led by Minister

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jan 22, 2018

Two hours were enough for Japan’s State Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Sakai Manabu, to ratify once again that the use of technologies and information is key to improve agricultural production systems. Walking through CIAT’s rice experimental...

CIAT scientists innovate using GPR technology

by Sylvia Pineda | Jan 18, 2018

CIAT’s Phenomics Platform scientists can now study crop roots directly in the field using non-invasive technologies, that is, without a direct contact with the roots to avoid damage. The use of this technology known as “ground-penetrating radar (GPR)” offers...

Helping build sustainably productive farming systems through the work of the Asian Cassava Breeders, and Forage Legumes, Networks

by Madelline Romero | Dec 21, 2017

Researchers from eight Asian countries – Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam – gathered on December 12-13, 2017 in Haikou City, China, to form the Asian Forage Legumes Network. This is in response to the increasing pressure for...

Partners for the Amazon

by Wendy Francesconi | Dec 14, 2017

The future of the Amazon region partly rests on how the private sector will balance development vs. environmental conservation. They face the question of how to invest effectively in sustainable business, thus avoiding an extractive path which has local to global...

How Can Ugandan Farmers Ease South Sudan Hunger Crisis?

by Georgina Smith | Dec 13, 2017

This is post is part of our climate campaign in Africa. The story has appeared in several news outlets including Associated Press, the New York Times and others.   Earlier this year, South Sudan fell victim to the first famine declared since 2011. Almost six million...

‘Preemptive’ breeding: More than a step ahead of crop disease outbreaks

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Dec 13, 2017

 Bush bean trials at CIAT’s headquarters in Colombia. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT Back in 2000, Francisco Morales, then virologist and now emeritus at CIAT, led a survey of plant viruses present in Colombia. He and his team discovered geminiviruses, or...