by Juliet Braslow | Jul 13, 2016
Published by: Juliet Braslow and Rolf Sommer “Let’s be frank: we are making too little progress on protecting soils in sub-Saharan Africa from physical or chemical degradation!” That’s how this new soil-focused special issue is framed by the editors. Soils provide the...
by Georgina Smith | Jun 12, 2016
Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director for Africa for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, talks about need to tackle malnutrition at the Africa Agriculture Science Week this week (June 13-17) in Kigali. We are in the midst of an emerging crisis. Now is the time...
by Ruben G. Echeverría | Dec 17, 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, so does the International Year of Soils. Research on soils is a critical pillar of CIAT’s work, as Center staff demonstrated throughout the year, in a global campaign that put soils at the forefront of issues ranging from food security and...
by Juliet Braslow | Oct 27, 2015
We don’t directly drink or breathe soil, so it’s often forgotten as we trample over it. Raising awareness and inspiring action for promoting and protecting our soils has been a central focus throughout this International Year of Soils (IYS). We need healthy soils for...
by Sylvia Pineda | Apr 11, 2017
The Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes Project (SAL), from the Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Research Area (DAPA) at CIAT, which brings together scientists from other research areas such as Soils and Landscapes for Sustainability and the Forages research team,...