CIAT and Grupo Papalotla signed an agreement for the development of new tropical pasture hybrids

by José Luis Urrea | Jul 12, 2019

This agreement will focus on developing high-productivity and eco-efficient pastures, in line with global initiatives to mitigate climate change and build sustainable food systems. As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de...

African policy makers turn on to biofortification

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 12, 2019

Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of crops for better nutritional value, is an effort that was born in 1994 under the guidance of World Food Prize laureate Howdy Bouis. Biofortification seeks to address micronutrient deficiencies, or “hidden hunger,” by...

CIAT, CAAS establish Beijing joint lab and expand scientific cooperation

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 9, 2019

By: Dindo Campilan and Nguyen Tra My In further strengthening scientific cooperation, CIAT and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS) is establishing a Joint Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in Beijing. The Letter of...

Agricultural mechanization is a key input for the CIAT Rice and Bean Programs

by Sylvia Pineda | Jul 8, 2019

Manual labor, machinery, and equipment are essential agricultural inputs; they are so critical that in their absence, agricultural food production would not be possible. Under some circumstances, what hinders crop production is having no access to enough machinery to...

Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 5, 2019

Crops such as bananas, potatoes and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s poorest regions. By 2050, their importance will increase, but climate change and population growth will put unprecedented pressure on production. Climate change and population...

The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging crop diseases

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 28, 2019

More than 20 percent of the five staple crops that provide half the globe’s caloric intake are lost to pests each year. Climate change and global trade drive the spread, emergence, and re-emergence of crop disease, and containment action is often inefficient,...