by Vivian Zeidemann y Beatriz Rodriguez | Oct 4, 2019
The Social Progress Index (SPI) is a comprehensive measure of the well-being of a society, which aims to support decision-makers in identifying development priorities to generate plans and projects in pockets of high social and environmental vulnerability. The index...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Oct 4, 2019
Photo credit: G.Smith/CIAT Not a new: agriculture is not an exclusive business from rural areas. For that reason, several years ago, CIAT began to respond to the need of building an inclusive and resilient food system in one of the most important cities in Colombia:...
by Sylvia Pineda | Oct 3, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Marcela Quintero: Success at Work is a Matter of Balance “To be successful, we must balance all the pieces of our lives and learn to give each one of them the importance they deserve.” por Sylvia Pineda | Oct 3, 2019 Marcela Quintero is one of the...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Oct 3, 2019
Smallholder dairy farming continues to thrive in rural and peri-urban households in East Africa. Thanks to the tangible wins, farmers have derived over time milk, manure, and financial income, among other benefits. However, feeding the animals is akin to Napier grass,...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Sep 25, 2019
Florence Makokha did not have a head start in life: she was married off at an early age and was not able to finish her formal education. Today, Florence is not only one of the flourishing farmers in her village but she is also a proud farmer peer educator. Her journey...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 23, 2019
First inventory of restoration projects across Latin America and the Caribbean shows where the potential lies for climate mitigation and provides a compass towards reaching the Bonn Challenge ambitions through forest restoration Land restoration in Latin America and...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 19, 2019
The Analytical Services Laboratory (LSA, its Spanish initials), which is part of the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) area at CIAT, was listed as eligible for funding to participate in Proficiency Tests carried out by the Colombian National Metrology...
by Erika Eliana Mosquera | Sep 18, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Ricardo Hernández: a well-kept secret weapon residing in Vietnam By Erika Mosquera | Sept 18, 2019 Ricardo Hernández is a well-kept secret weapon residing in the Vietnam office for the war against nutritional deficiencies. As part of the Sustainable...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Sep 17, 2019
Written by : Peter Bolo, Job Kihara, Michael Kinyua and Dr. Fredrick Ayuke; Senior Lecturer, Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Over the years, many discussions on the benefits of conservation agriculture vis-à-vis...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Sep 16, 2019
One of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change is learning to get out of its straitjacket and explore its futures, although it still does not know them well. Written by Diego Arguedas Ortiz for UCI Central America faces great challenges in its efforts to...
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