by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 13, 2017
A forthcoming paper describes the experience of CCAFS* and its partners to establish climate-smart villages across five regions around the globe. We spoke with Ana Maria Loboguerrero Rodriguez, CCAFS Regional Program Leader for Latin America and one of the paper’s...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 12, 2017
The second annual meeting of the cassava program was held at CIAT last Wednesday, 30 August. For the first time, the entire Cassava team from Asia and CIATHQ met here to learn how the research projects are advancing. During the retreat, the leader of the cassava...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 11, 2017
Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns caused by climate change could reduce the suitability of lands for growing coffee in Latin America — the world’s largest coffee-producing region — by as much as 88 percent by 2050, according to new research. In...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 11, 2017
CIAT’s Ngoni Chirinda has recently started work as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Sometimes jocular and philosophical, he discussed with us what it all means. What exactly will you be working on? I’ll be working on the 2019...
by Georgina Smith | Sep 7, 2017
Honorable Professor Ruth Oniang’o, is joint winner of the 2017 Africa Food Prize. Prof. Oniang’o, former Member of Parliament for Kenya, and a leading advocate on nutrition in Africa, served as a member of the CIAT Board of Trustees from 2012-2015. She shares the...
by Georgina Smith | Sep 7, 2017
This morning, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) will spearhead a task force uniting experts from tech companies like Facebook with top agricultural specialists from the Africa Development Bank, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 6, 2017
Soil makeup and the presence of plant disease may well determine the build-up of pests in cassava, one of Asia’s key food, feed and industrial crops, according to a pair of recently published, peer-reviewed CIAT-led studies. In 2008, a number of invasive mealybugs...
by Maria Eliza Villarino | Sep 5, 2017
Two scientists from CIAT’s research program on Soils and Landscapes for Sustainability have been selected to contribute to upcoming reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Louis Verchot, director of the program, joins experts from 52...
by Natalia Gutiérrez | Sep 1, 2017
Many of the armed conflicts in tropical regions occur in areas with high forest cover. Meanwhile, these forested areas have been recognized as being potential sites for agricultural development and, more recently, as potential sites for forest carbon storage programs...
by Georgina Smith | Aug 29, 2017
A new study shows that adding tiny, ‘micro’ amounts of certain nutrients to the soil, could boost crop yields in Africa by up to 25 percent. Usually, plants need macronutrients to grow properly. These nutrients – nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous – are...
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