by Maria Eliza Villarino | Nov 14, 2017
Dr. Daniel Jimenez and Dr. Julian Ramirez represent the 30-plus researchers of CIAT and CCAFS working on climate services during the awarding ceremony of the 2017 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in...
by Georgina Smith | Nov 14, 2017
New maps show massive potential to store more carbon in farmland soils through better management practices, contributing to global emission reduction targets; the US emits 5 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents each year. By better managing farmland soil, the amount of...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 8, 2017
Speech of President Juan Manuel Santos at the 50th Anniversary of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture What a great joy it is to come to Palmira, the agricultural capital of Colombia, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of an institution as valuable and...
by Rolf Sommer | Nov 8, 2017
This piece, which first appeared on the Thrive Blog, is published as the UN Climate Change Conference 2017 gets underway in Bonn. Did you know that in the space of a year, a smallholder farmer in Kenya could capture the same amount of carbon dioxide that a flight from...
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 | Nov 3, 2017
A female farmer in the community of Beora in Nepal’s Rupandehi District. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) profiles for some of Asia’s most climate change-vulnerable countries are now out. CSA involves agricultural practices that can help...
by Madelline Romero | Nov 3, 2017
Like many of his neighbors, Nguyen Duc Du relied on government food aid when typhoons – which regularly visited Tan Tien village in Quang Binh province – destroyed their rice crops. Except one time, nearly a decade ago, when the valley got flooded and no relief teams...
by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 26, 2017
We are 20 days away from the great event to celebrate CIAT’s 50th Anniversary at our headquarters on 8 and 9 November, and it’s time to dress up for the party! How to be part of the celebrations? Use our hashtag #CIAT50 Within the next following weeks,...
by Andy Jarvis | Oct 26, 2017
I was working on toilets at the time. Suddenly, I found myself part of one of the biggest scientific movements in the history of CGIAR. It was 2005. As a geospatial analyst, I had a short contract to map the best places to install latrines in rural Nicaragua. While I...
by Leroy Mwanzia | Oct 26, 2017
Leroy Mwanzia, Data and Information Manager at CIAT. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT Open data can mean different things to different people. For me and my team, it’s not about giving away data, it’s about giving it back. Over the last 50 years, CIAT scientists...
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