Monitoring and Evaluation of the Partnership Platform for the Amazon through Social Network Analysis

by Beatriz Rodriguez | Nov 27, 2019

Monitoring and periodic analysis of the network of past, present, and future relationships within and outside the Partnership Platform for the Amazon (PPA) are an important component of the overall PPA learning agenda. To implement the Social Network Analysis (SNA)...

Brainstorming biodiversity monitoring

by Beatriz Rodriguez | Nov 26, 2019

Consultation workshop to develop a biodiversity monitoring tool. Photos: Juliana Nogueira (Quartzo). Recently, CIAT led a consultation workshop to start developing a biodiversity monitoring tool that can assess the impact of private-sector investment initiatives on...

A plan to strengthen the agricultural sector in Colombia and help the region is underway

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 25, 2019

Jorge Mario Díaz, CEO at Agrosavia; Ruben Echeverría, Director General at CIAT; and Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General at Bioversity International and designated Director of the Bioversity-CIAT Alliance, who signed the cooperation agreement seeking to create...

We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves por Sylvia Pineda| Nov 25, 2019 This text is about a great scientist retiring from CIAT after working as a chemist at the Agrobiodiversity Area for 28 years. Here is the part of her life story spent in this...

The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan Grants Award to CIAT Scientist

by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019

A Colombian researcher is to be awarded with the Young Scientist recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The prize is to be awarded to Jacobo...

Grass cushions farmer’s retirement

by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 25, 2019

Bernard Gitobu in his grass farm Bernard Gitobu spent most of his life working in bank, but deep down his heart, he knew he would retire into farming. After all, his parents were farmers. Upon retiring from work, Bernard went ahead to set up his farm in Kithoka...