Building the autonomy of Quilombola communities in Brazil

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 23, 2019

ARQMO president explaining the Quilombola Fund mechanism to the member of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pará, which validates the leading role that Quilombola representatives have had in the creation and implementation of the Quilombola Fund. The Quilombolas...

The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019

CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao por Sylvia Pineda | Ago 20, 2019 Since June, 2018, Mayesse Da Silva, Soil Scientist at CIAT, has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United...

Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 12, 2019

Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and pests. With an average 90 percent success rate in detecting a pest or a disease, the tool can help farmers avoid millions of dollars in losses Artificial...

Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 9, 2019

Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are breeding heat-tolerant common beans to benefit farmers in Latin America and Africa. The challenge of a growing food demand in a changing climate has long driven the development of hardier...

Partnerships accelerating gains towards food security

by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 8, 2019

Towards the end July, National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) representatives from eight countries in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia converged in Tanzania to take stock of the concluding Tropical Legumes project that has been going on for the past 12 years....

Fernando Correa passes the baton to María Fernanda Álvarez

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 8, 2019

After four years at CIAT as the leader of the Rice Program, Fernando Correa passes the baton to María Fernanda Álvarez, the new leader, as of August 12. Here is a piece of his story: Contributing to making rice varieties planted in Latin America more resistant to...