What do you mean the hamburger isn’t all that American?

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 6, 2019

Scientists and graphic designers are joining forces to strengthen the communication power of research through attractive, informative, and even surprising visuals. Say you’re a scientist who studies the origins and history of food, and you want to communicate to the...

Partnering with the seed industry to redefine the Latin American forages market

by José Luis Urrea | Aug 1, 2019

Photo: Farmers at a community plot testing different forages in Tanzania. Credit: Georgina Smith / CIAT Cross-posted from The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform Meat and dairy products are central to the Latin American diet, and livestock is a source of income for...

CIAT to hold a workshop on flash drying for starch and cassava flour

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 1, 2019

Within the framework of the project on scaling flash drying technology, financed by CGIAR’s research program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB), CIAT through the cassava program will hold the workshop “Low-cost flash dryer for starch and cassava flour at...

CIAT regrets the passing of doctor Michael Thung

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 30, 2019

It is with deep regret that we have learned of the passing of CIAT emeritus Dr. Michael D.J. Thung, an Indonesian national who worked as a post-doctoral scientist at CIAT’s cassava and bean programs in 1975. In 1978, he joined full time the bean program, where he...

Could these crops save Peruvian forests?

by Maria Eliza Villarino | Jul 29, 2019

Cacao and oil palm (CIAT/Neil Palmer) There’s an emerging narrative on why deforestation happens in Latin America. And it’s not quite the story that various studies, international policies and news outlets tell. As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT...

CIAT acknowledges the scientists who published in JAE

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 23, 2019

Due recognition deserve the scientists conforming the impact evaluation team of the Cassava Program at CIAT, who achieved the largest number of downloads during 2017-2018 of the paper: Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA...