by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT We bid farewell to Alba Lucía Chaves por Sylvia Pineda| Nov 25, 2019 This text is about a great scientist retiring from CIAT after working as a chemist at the Agrobiodiversity Area for 28 years. Here is the part of her life story spent in this...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 25, 2019
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score the sustainability of food systems, country-by-country. The study goes beyond usual questions of productivity and nutrition, and includes economic and social variables Increased...
by Sylvia Pineda | Nov 25, 2019
A Colombian researcher is to be awarded with the Young Scientist recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The prize is to be awarded to Jacobo...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 25, 2019
Bernard Gitobu in his grass farm Bernard Gitobu spent most of his life working in bank, but deep down his heart, he knew he would retire into farming. After all, his parents were farmers. Upon retiring from work, Bernard went ahead to set up his farm in Kithoka...
by Anton Eitzinger | Nov 20, 2019
Everyone in the coffee industry craves information, perhaps even more than a morning jolt of caffeine. Across Uganda – one of the world’s top ten coffee producers – scientists, producers, industry, and the government collect data on coffee production. They do this to...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 15, 2019
Source: http://gsdm.ciat.cgiar.org The idea of visualizing soil data at a glance electronically is exciting to many actors in agriculture and land-use planning. Previously, soil characterization required traveling to the field to collect soil samples and sending...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Nov 14, 2019
Rachel talks with Uwe Ohmstedt from CIAT about the performance of the cultivars on her plots. “I had a bad experience when I ordered some grass seeds that were being advertised on Facebook. What I got was a mix of Mulato and some unidentified variety that did not do...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Nov 8, 2019
A new, first of its kind impact investment was launched 7 November to bring much-needed financial support for sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), as a cornerstone investor in the Althelia...
by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019
IDB Lab, CIAT and SoftBank partner to promote smart rice farming in Colombia The Inter-American Development Bank, through its innovation lab – IDB Lab, approved US$2 million funding for a project that will improve the productivity and sustainability of rice...
by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The Champion who created an App to identify banana diseases por Sylvia Pineda | Oct 29, 2019 Michael Selvaraj is the leader of the Phenomics Platform team from the Agrobiodiversity Area at CIAT. He is a Champion, because he developed the smartphone...
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