by Sylvia Pineda | May 18, 2017
The creative writers of the famous TV show “The Simpsons” are ever on the alert for an interesting story about current traditions or themes and that is why they prepared a chapter featuring the parody of a secret society in Springfield called the Stonecutters (known...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 17, 2017
Through a natural, affordable alternative to farmers’ heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers, science now offers an option to boost crop productivity and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the authors of a report that will appear this week in the...
by Neil Palmer | May 15, 2017
A new multimillion-dollar initiative plans to disrupt food production across the developing world, with the aim of making it more productive, efficient and resilient – all through the power of information. The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is jointly led...
by Colin Khoury | May 15, 2017
New Changing Global Diet website explores changes in diets over the past 50 years in countries around the world One of the central concepts that unifies those concerned with biodiversity is the understanding that this diversity is being lost, piece by piece, to a...
by Georgina Smith | May 12, 2017
This opinion piece first appeared in Kenya’s Business Daily Newspaper on May 1st. As this week’s Nairobi Burger Festival draws to a close, we revisit the underlying cause of a spike in milk prices and draw attention to an issue which could bring us fewer burgers...
by Claudia Calderón | May 11, 2017
#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future Clare Mukankusi, plant breeder “The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area for 20 countries, which has allowed us to significantly speed up the release of new beans” Beans without...
by Martina Mascarenhas | May 10, 2017
Paving the way forward Farmers need timely and reliable information and they need it now, especially in the face of climate variability and the havoc it wreaks on their crops, and therein their livelihoods. Climatic conditions can vary quite drastically from...
by Claudia Calderón | May 8, 2017
#CIATforward Visions of a sustainable food future Mercy Lung’aho, nutritionist “As a nutritionist, I cannot look the other way while women and children are dying of anemia and malnutrition on our watch” Nutrition in Africa: time for “unusual business” I’m passionate...
by Simone Staiger | May 8, 2017
By: Simone Staiger Rivas For two years, CIAT supported the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network with communications, knowledge sharing and information management. The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network was created in 2012 to ensure that the...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | May 5, 2017
By Lara Lookabaugh | May 05, 2017 I met Lucy through Mari, an organizer of Mujeres y Maíz Criollo. Lucy lives in Amatenango, a community of Tseltal farmers outside of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. When I arrived in Amatenango, Lucy wasn’t home...
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