by Maria García | Jun 1, 2016
Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is an improved practice for producing rice designed by The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which reduces the use of water by 30%, and methane gas emissions by 48% through better water management during the production...
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,...
by Maria Fernanda Mejia | Feb 25, 2016
Why talk about gender and rice in Latin America? Usually we don’t think it’s important to talk about gender and rice in Latin America, but three socio economic studies on rice in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia show that women do contribute to rice production. A...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Jun 10, 2020
On Friday, May 29, a national dialog was held: “Colombia’s food system in times of COVID-19,” organized by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Experts spoke about the need to digitize agriculture, educate the consumer, and promote associativity in...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Jun 9, 2020
Photo credit: Christine Chege / CIAT COVID-19 has only further complicated the challenge of feeding growing cities across Africa and the rest of the world. Researchers are listening to vulnerable urban populations to help develop better, sustainable food system...