by Simone Staiger | Jul 25, 2017
CIAT with lead guest editor Megan Zandstra coordinated the Volume 13, Issue 2 of the KM4Dev Journal on ‘Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development’. Guest Editors were...
by Madelline Romero | Jul 24, 2017
In thirty years, the Philippines may become even more dependent on imports of rice, coffee, vegetables, and pork. This is due in part to decreased crop yields because of increased water and heat stress, increased incidence of pests and diseases, and shifts in crop...
by blogciat | Jul 19, 2017
By Caroline Mwongera When I went to Northern Uganda for the first time with my research team, we weren’t sure what to expect. We were of course aware of the devastation in the war-torn area, but the full scale of the impact on agricultural production – the life line...
by José Antonio Arana | Jul 17, 2017
This blog was written by Martina Mascarenhas, former Coordinator of Communications and Knowledge sharing for the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network. Adopted in 2012, the CGIAR system level gender strategy set the agenda for how all new global CGIAR Research...
by José Antonio Arana | Jul 6, 2017
Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin, Chairman of CIAT’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). This honour was presented as part of the Queen’s Elizabeth II Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The award is a...
by Adriana Varón | Jul 5, 2017
Daniel Debouck, a researcher in CIAT’s Genetic Resources Program, received the Order of Leopold, the highest recognition that the Kingdom of Belgium bestows, for his 40 years of scientific work. In an emotional ceremony held this past Wednesday at CIAT, Jeroen...
by Nadia Staiger | Jun 27, 2017
18th WOCAT Networking Meeting ‒ Promoting Sustainable Land Management and Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals Seventy percent of the world’s available water resources are being used in agriculture, while 43% of degradation worldwide is caused by...
by Natalia Gutiérrez | Jun 23, 2017
For the International Day of Cooperatives to be celebrated on 1 July, the Linking Farmers to Markets team of CIAT and the Enhancing Development through Cooperatives (EDC) initiative of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) just published a...
by José Antonio Arana | Jun 20, 2017
Ya camino al CIAT se sentía un ambiente lleno de camaradería, recordando buenos momentos con colegas que se convirtieron en amigos… Los Arcos dieron la bienvenida a los 500 asistentes que han dejado su aporte en la consolidación del CIAT...
by Mercy Lungaho | Jun 19, 2017
This piece first appeared as a guest commentary on the website of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Given its impressive track record over the last 20 years, Rwanda has rightly been considered a model for reducing poverty and hunger in Africa. Between 1990 and...
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