by Enid Katungi | Sep 29, 2017
Our recent study, conducted to evaluate the performance of PABRA over the last two decades, shows remarkable achievements in terms of productivity and the number of people using improved bean varieties. Varietal output, proportion of households using the improved bean...
by Jean Claude Rubyogo | Sep 29, 2017
More than 300 farmers, companies, extension agents and media attended a field day at the Agriculture Seed Agency (ASA) seed farm at Ngaramtoni in Arusha, Tanzania, to raise awareness among smallholder farmer about the value of planting improved bean varieties....
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 26, 2017
The team of CIAT’s genetic transformation platform won first prize in the poster session that was carried out at the sixth congress of the Seed Association of the Americas (SAA) in Cartagena, Colombia, from 5 to 7 September. The agenda covered various themes that the...
by Georgina Smith | Sep 26, 2017
A new roadmap outlining CIAT’s strategic vision for Africa 2017-2020 has been launched. The roadmap, online here, highlights the organization’s goal in the region: To promote more productive, profitable agriculture and healthier diets at no environmental cost by...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 25, 2017
CIAT has been celebrating its 50 years all year long in 2017 through various activities that have brought together partners, donors, retired Center staff, and current work teams. Along with the office in Managua (Nicaragua) next week (click here to see the agenda),...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 19, 2017
From left to right: Silvia Restrepo of Universidad de los Andes, Jan Leach of Colorado State University, Patricia del Portillo of CorpoGen, and Sally Mackenzie of Pennsylvania State University speak during a panel discussion on women in science at CIAT headquarters in...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 18, 2017
The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is hosting its first annual congress, taking place in Cali, Colombia, 19 to 22 September 2017. The Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2017: An Alliance for a Data Revolution will be hosted with the aim to align the...
by Madelline Romero | Sep 18, 2017
Tai vách mạch rừng. The walls have ears, the forest has a path. While the old Vietnamese adage is typically said to warn about the consequences of indiscreet speech, good news seems to travel the same way – by seeping through villages’ borders and the thick northern...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 14, 2017
With new, clean technologies that use solar energy and thus reduce the carbon footprint, CIAT, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, is inaugurating solar panels this coming November. The project is promoted by Celsia, through EPSA, with the battery-free...
by Georgina Smith | Sep 14, 2017
By Debisi Araba, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Director for Africa The game of football, or soccer, as fans would agree, has evolved greatly over the last few decades. Approaches are more technical and goals are harder to come by. With...
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