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Farmers in Quang Binh province learn everything there is to know about sweetpotato
Farmers in Cao Quang and Quang Thach communes in Vietnam’s Quang Binh province participated in a 3-part training activity on sweetpotato, held over a total of seven days in September, November, and December 2017.
Facilitated by a group consisting of a senior agronomist from the International Potato Center (CIP), a plant…
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Howdy Bouis becomes Interim HarvestPlus CEO
Howdy Bouis, founder and director of HarvestPlus for many years, has agreed to serve as Interim HarvestPlus CEO starting February 14, 2018. The process to recruit a permanent CEO will commence soon. He won the 2016 World Food Prize, click here for more details.
Cross-posted from HarvestPlus
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El CIAT se une a la fiesta de las semillas en el Polo Norte
Parece un día cualquiera. Los 18 trabajadores de este laboratorio del CIAT con sus batas blancas y muy concentrados cumplen con su tarea: algunos cuentan semillas, otros, ayudados por una gigantesca lupa remueven las que están perforadas o quebradas y algunos más las empacan al vacío en bolsas metalizadas. La última verificación es la de identidad. Las que pasan la prueba…
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CIAT joins the seed party at the North Pole
It looks like any other day. The 18 workers of this CIAT laboratory are wearing their white coats and are very concentrated on their work: some count seeds, others, assisted by a giant magnifying glass, remove the seeds that are punctured or broken, and others pack them in metalized, vacuum-sealed bags. The last verification is of identity. Those that pass the visual test are compared…
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Daniel Debouck receives Crop Trust award for crop diversity ‘gatekeepers’
The Crop Trust has named Daniel Debouck, who for many years led the CIAT Genetic Resources Program, as one of the recipients of its inaugural award recognizing “global gatekeepers” of crop diversity.
Daniel Debouck, of CIAT’s Genetic Resources Unit, receives the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award. Photo by: Neil Palmer / Crop Trust…
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Daniel Debouck galardonado con premio del Crop Trust para los guardianes de la diversidad de cultivos
El Crop Trust distinguió a Daniel Debouck, quien por muchos años lideró el Programa de Recursos Genéticos del CIAT, como uno de los galardonados de su premio inaugural que reconoce a los “guardianes mundiales” de la diversidad de cultivos.
Daniel Debouck de la Unidad de Recursos Genéticos del CIAT. Foto: Neil Palmer / Crop Trust…
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CPT, herramienta climática oportuna y confiable para los agricultores hondureños
Con el propósito de ayudar a los agricultores de Honduras a estar más preparados para enfrentar nuevos patrones climáticos y adaptarse mejor a la variabilidad climática, el CIAT, a través de su área de investigación en Análisis de Políticas y Decisiones (DAPA), capacitó a representantes de distintas organizaciones de Honduras como: la Comisión…
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Segundo seminario/taller de la Red regional de información sobre banano y plátano de America Latina y el Caribe, 10-11 de Julio 1997, San José, Costa Rica
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104252
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To develop the draft work plans, agreements and funding strategies, this Regional Coconut Genebank Workshop was conducted in Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia near the site of one of the ICGs, from 26 to 28 February 1996.
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Empowered women empowering others
Today marks an international celebration to remind us about the achievements of women around the globe in all facets of society.
Immaculée Nyirahabimana is a farmer from Cyuve district. The area is one of Rwanda’s most productive agricultural regions. Photo by: Stefanie Neno / CIAT
At CIAT, female researchers have been working to make a meaningful…
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Experts lay the ground for a global system to protect the world’s most important crops
A global surveillance system will consolidate best practices in preventing crop diseases.
Symptoms of cassava disease. Photo by: Georgina Smith / CIAT
Experts from different regions and disciplines are proposing a global approach that will respond to existing and emerging crop diseases around the world.
During a…
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Opinion: Everyone’s looking for a data unicorn. There’s no such thing. | Medium
At a recent gathering in Houston, I spoke with a guy who told me his company is looking for a data unicorn. The term encapsulates what an ideal data scientist is: a coder, a statistician, a communicator, a fundraiser, a problem solver and more rolled into one.
This op-ed was originally posted on Medium.
Some have said a data…
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Opinion: Without open data, there’s no big data for smallholder agriculture | Medium
Afew weeks ago, I spoke at a big data and open data event in Ethiopia. On the first day, William Wu, CEO of QED, gave an inspiring talk about how his team builds innovative technology to collect and analyze big data.
A cow on grazing land in Huila, in the Colombian Andes. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
The op-ed was originally posted…
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Opinion: We can do better to achieve zero deforestation and low-carbon development | Devex
Recently, Unilever made an announcement that can be considered unprecedented. It decided to open to the public its data about where it sources palm oil, an ingredient used in many of its food and personal care products.
An aerial view of the Amazon rainforest. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
This is an excerpt from an op-ed published on…
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Hablemos del cadmio en el cacao andino
Investigadores de Europa, Estados Unidos, Suramérica y el Caribe debatirán durante tres días sobre los avances y hallazgos en la disminución de cadmio en suelos y plantas de cacao en la región. El taller, que se lleva a cabo desde hoy y hasta el próximo miércoles 14 de marzo en la sede del CIAT en Palmira, tiene como objetivo integrar un consorcio de actores y disciplinas claves de la región,…
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El CIAT organiza el Segundo Curso Nacional de Edición de Genomas para la Agricultura
El equipo de la plataforma de transformación genética del CIAT realiza el “Segundo Curso Nacional de Edición de Genomas para la Agricultura” del 13 al 16 de marzo. Veinte estudiantes de universidades nacionales e internacionales, la empresa privada y el sector regulador de Colombia fueron seleccionados para participar en esta segunda versión del…
