by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 5, 2019
CIAT held a workshop as part of the work on livestock production and environment funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), to reinforce knowledge on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) on the livestock...
by Sylvia Pineda | Sep 4, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT Christian Bunn: making science when uncertainty remains por Erika Mosquera | Sept 4, 2019 Risk is the possibility of something bad happens. So, uncertainty is unavoidable if we want to prevent or manage the risk… because at the end, we are talking...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 28, 2019
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) took part in the NaneNane festival held in Arusha, Tanzania, to showcase its “Mbili Mbili” technology. NaneNane, a Swahili name meaning “eight,” is an annual farmers’ festival held during the first eight days of...
by Rosemary Nzuki | Aug 27, 2019
International Youth Day (IYD), a United Nations initiative, is commemorated yearly on 12 August to bring to the fore youth’s pivotal role in accelerating progress toward global goals. In addition, the day is meant to draw the attention of stakeholders and leaders to...
by Sara Rankin | Aug 26, 2019
Photo credit: Diego Donatres/Wikimedia Commons When talking about strategic land planning, let us not be surprised if we hear more and more about the importance of turning our attention to intermediate cities. According to United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG),...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 23, 2019
ARQMO president explaining the Quilombola Fund mechanism to the member of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pará, which validates the leading role that Quilombola representatives have had in the creation and implementation of the Quilombola Fund. The Quilombolas...
by CIAT Comunicaciones | Aug 21, 2019
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council. (NERC), recently invested in seven projects awarded through the Newton Fund to...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CHAMPIONS OF CIAT The champion who evaluates and maps soils to grow cacao por Sylvia Pineda | Ago 20, 2019 Since June, 2018, Mayesse Da Silva, Soil Scientist at CIAT, has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United...
by Sylvia Pineda | Aug 14, 2019
CIAT is proud! Jefferson Valencia, young scientist from the Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) area at CIAT, was awarded a Borlaug fellowship and will attend Purdue University in Indiana, United States, to pursue an internship to implement a hydrological...
by Tuyen Huynh | Aug 12, 2019
(Tuyen Huynh & Madelline Romero, CIAT) ‘Globally, our diets are killing us, Jessica Fanzo has reported in the event on Food systems and Nutrition. Diets are now the top risk factor of disease, disability and death. It is also showed in the presentation by Jessica...
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