Colombian-Japanese project offers an opportunity to strengthen Colombia´s rice sector

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 23, 2016

A group of researchers recently visited the town of Yosano in Japan to find out first-hand from Japanese rice growers about a new approach to rice agronomy that makes irrigated production more environmentally friendly, requiring less water and fewer applications of...

A team working for gender equity in agriculture

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 16, 2016

The gender team at CIAT seeks to close gaps between men and women in agriculture by addressing this issue in Center projects and by conducting strategic research aimed at explaining gender differences. “We want to reduce gender inequalities; increasing women’s control...

A team that´s bringing the Big Data revolution to agriculture

by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 4, 2016

Just as CIAT scientists anticipated more than 6 years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and other key international institutions now affirm that Big Data will be the driver of the next revolution in agriculture. In search of better...

More tools for Colombian rice producers to face climate challenges by 2030

by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 3, 2016

When talking about agriculture, year 2030 is closer than it seems, especially when rice production is at risk in a country such as Colombia, where only in 2014, 1,758,739 tons were harvested and per-capita consumption reached 39.62 kg a year. Among the effects...

IRRI, AfricaRice and CIAT strengthen their alliance in rice research

by José Antonio Arana | May 26, 2016

Matthew Morell, Director General of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General of AfricaRice, and Ruben Echeverría, Director General of CIAT, met from May 19 to 24 at CIAT headquarters in Palmira, Colombia. The meeting,...