BiblioCIAT, an alternative to foster reading and dialogue

by Simone Staiger | Sep 22, 2016

Recently we launched at CIAT HQ a Free Little Library which we called “Biblio-CIAT”. We hope to stimulate conversation and engage readers of all nationalities. You can find Biblio-CIAT at the coffee shop. How it works: We asked CIAT HQ staff to donate favorite books,...

Climate change: Special guest at the International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development

by Adriana Varón | Aug 25, 2016

For 2 days, climate change was the topic of discussion at the Eighth International Congress on Sustainable Rural Development, which took place in Palmira, Valle. Organized by the municipality as part of the 41st National Agricultural Fair, the event attracted key CIAT...

Does no news mean good news for Central American cacao?

by Natalia Gutiérrez | Aug 12, 2016

No news is good news they say. According to the online Cambridge dictionary it is used “to make someone feel less worried when they have not received information about someone or something, because if something bad had happened, they would have been told about it”: We...

CATIE and CIAT, a convincing partnership

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jul 27, 2016

That’s how Muhammad Ibrahim, new Director General of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE, its Spanish acronym) highligthed it during his visit to CIAT headquarters near Cali, Colombia, on 7 and 8 July, aimed to identify collaborative...

A “model” team addressing climate change

by Sylvia Pineda | Jun 15, 2016

In the face of the fact that climatic change could increase the frequency and severity of droughts or rainy seasons, exposing farmers to adverse climates that would cause severe damage to crops, the Crop and Climate modeling team of CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis...