by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 22, 2018
In the five years that have passed since CIAT’s current strategy (2014–2020) was prepared, we have embraced new initiatives such as sustainable food systems, big data, and land restoration. We have also incorporated into our agenda the mandates of the UN Sustainable...
by Leroy Mwanzia | Aug 22, 2018
Testing GHGs. Photos: G. Smith (CIAT). Every once in a while everybody needs a helping hand, and this is no different when it comes to researchers and data management. Data management can be a challenging and sometimes overlooked aspect of a research project. This is...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 15, 2018
To respond to the overriding challenge of increasing the adaptation capacity of the Guatemalan agricultural sector to climate variability, CIAT, in cooperation with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and Bioversity...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Aug 3, 2018
Photo credit: © TBIT / Pixabay The shift from undernutrition to overnutrition is the fastest and most dramatic societal transformation ever observed in human history. Even the invention of electricity or the introduction of railway transport did not have such...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 1, 2018
His soul shines through service, social activities, change, and transformation. He is proud for having contributed to and participated in the processes that brought about tangible outcomes in social and conservation spheres. Julio Mario Fernández, who has just reached...
by Diana Carolina Lopera | Aug 1, 2018
Every day we hear expressions like these in rural households in Guatemala. Families must make decisions on how to distribute food within their household. Not only on the food produced on their own farms – that often is scarce due to constant droughts affecting crops –...
by José Antonio Arana | Jul 31, 2018
CIAT Information Management Services team provided support for the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance – PABRA – to create and complete the PABRA community of information resources on CGSpace. The joint effort made it possible for the PABRA community to...
by Madelline Romero | Jul 27, 2018
Farmer-to-farmer in the internet age: smartphone extension videos reach thousands in Southeast Asia by Erik Delaquis/CIAT and Paul Van Mele/AgroInsight/Access Agriculture, with technical support from Kien Tri Nguyen/CIAT | Jul 27, 2018 Farmers demonstrate the...
by Madelline Romero | Jul 27, 2018
Photo grabbed from the Agro-Ecology Learning Alliance Facebook page In many ways, technology, including information and communication technology (ICT), has made our lives easier and helped solve many of society’s challenges. But how do we make sure that ICT lends...
by Madelline Romero | Jul 27, 2018
Photo by Madelline Romero/CIAT The Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) formally launched an Asia-Pacific partnership work plan at a forum hosted by FAO’s Regional Office in Bangkok on July 12th. The regional...
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