by Adriana Varón | Nov 7, 2017
They have been leaving home since 1967 and while they are scattered across Latin America, they all have something in common: the surname CIAT. These are 377 rice varieties that have been released over the last 50 years and they all carry the International Center for...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Aug 10, 2017
At noon, a 60-year-old farmer ends his lunch and checks an app on his mobile phone. The next day, he spreads fertilizer on his crop. That’s happening in Japan. And that could be the future in Colombia and beyond, where food producers make fast, smart, and precise...
by José Antonio Arana | Jun 20, 2017
Ya camino al CIAT se sentía un ambiente lleno de camaradería, recordando buenos momentos con colegas que se convirtieron en amigos… Los Arcos dieron la bienvenida a los 500 asistentes que han dejado su aporte en la consolidación del CIAT...
by José Antonio Arana | Jun 15, 2017
“All of you here have built CIAT’S future.” This was the message that Joe Tohme, director of CIAT’s agrobiodiversity area, gave to the 500 former employees who came to the Center on June 9 to celebrate the Great Reunion, as part of the celebration of CIAT’s fiftieth...
by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 3, 2017
By: Cecile Grenier On March 20th to 22nd, a meeting was held at Embrapa Rice and Beans Research Center (CNPAF) in Goiania, Brazil, to strengthen the rice breeding alliance among CIAT, Cirad and Embrapa. Scientists from these three institutions highlighted the advances...