by José Luis Urrea | Dec 21, 2019
Unlike humans, cows have the ability to convert grass into foods of high nutritional value such as meat and milk. This is because one of their stomachs, rumen, is responsible for the fermentation process that converts pasture into milk precursors. However, other...
by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019
A Colombian researcher is to be awarded with the Young Scientist recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The prize is to be awarded to Jacobo...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 8, 2019
A new, first of its kind impact investment was launched 7 November to bring much-needed financial support for sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), as a cornerstone investor in the Althelia...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 17, 2019
Participant from Malian delegation at seed producer cooperative in Lemo Bilbilo District. Photo credit: S. Samuel, CCAFS Cross-posted from IFAD social reporting blog Emerging evidence show that interventions that can fully integrate multiple disciplines have greater...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Oct 16, 2019
Data-driven agriculture can boost smallholder production threatened by variable weather and climate change, but scientists need to work with farmers and governments. A decade of data collection and collaboration in Colombia shows what success looks like Farmers in...