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Únete a la celebración #CIAT50
Estamos a menos de 20 días para la gran celebración del 50 Aniversario del CIAT en nuestra sede principal el 8 y 9 de noviembre y ¡llegó el momento de vestirnos de fiesta!
¿Cómo ser parte de la celebración?
Utiliza el hashtag #CIAT50
En las próximas semanas utiliza el hashtag* #CIAT50 en todas las publicaciones en medios sociales que hagas sobre el CIAT,…
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The vision for a deforestation-free Amazon
The Amazon Vision Program, an initiative of the Colombian Government and supported by the Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and Germany, aims to promote a new development model in the Amazon region that enables the improvement of living conditions of its inhabitants through productive alternatives that do not cause deforestation to the already devastated rainforest.
By Adriana Varón | Apr 27, 2017
It is considered the largest tropical forest in the world, where 15% of…
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¿Cómo lograr el uso de una plataforma de difusión de servicios agroclimáticos por parte de agricultores y técnicos? Relato de una experiencia
Con el ánimo de fortalecer la capacidad de adaptación del sector agropecuario colombiano a la variabilidad y al cambio climático y mejorar la eficiencia del uso de los recursos en los sistemas productivos en regiones priorizadas, el CIAT y varias entidades socias vienen ejecutando el proyecto…
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Strength in diversity: How cassava intercropping benefits the crops, the farmer, and the environment
Cassava currently covers 25 million hectares worldwide, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization – more than all the land in the entire United Kingdom. At this huge scale, the impacts of agriculture on the environment become very large. One study claimed that agriculture threatens more plant and animal…
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"Communication is a task for us all"
Sylvia Pineda, a member of the internal communications team at CIAT, visited the Central American regional office in Managua, Nicaragua, on October 16-20. During her visit, topics related to the work carried out by the internal communications team, its achievements, and future prospects for the region were discussed.
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FAO/IBPGR technical guidelines for the safe movement of yam germplasm
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104192
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These guidelines are divided into 2 parts. The first makes general recommendations on how best to move Dioscorea germplasm and mentions available intermediate quarantine facilities. The second part covers the important insect and nematode pests and viral and fungal diseases of quarantine concern. The information given on any particular pest or…
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Open in order to stop malnutrition in Africa
Can you imagine if we could accurately predict a looming malnutrition crisis, in the same way, we forecast impending food security problems such as extreme hunger and famine?
CIAT is using big data and machine learning to develop a Nutrition Early Warning System (NEWS) for Africa. What may not be plainly apparent is that the success of NEWS depends on the…
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Where in the world is there a cassava virus? This new app can show you.
In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, CIAT lead virologist Wilmer Cuellar stood before Food and Agriculture Organization representatives to confirm the presence and likely spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in the country. The day was February 8, 2016. Cuellar remembered it well because it was his birthday.
Symptoms of the disease include short internodes on the stem…
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Join our #CIAT50 celebrations
We are 20 days away from the great event to celebrate CIAT’s 50th Anniversary at our headquarters on 8 and 9 November, and it’s time to dress up for the party!
How to be part of the celebrations?
Use our hashtag #CIAT50
Within the next following weeks, use our hashtag* #CIAT50 in all of your social media posts with a mention of CIAT so that all of your…
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Visión de calidad, motor del laboratorio de germoplasma del CIAT
Los integrantes del Laboratorio de Sanidad de Germoplasma le apuestan a mantener su liderazgo en el CIAT, y a nivel nacional, fieles a la misión de aplicar metodologías estandarizadas de alta calidad para garantizar que el germoplasma vegetal que importa, conserva y distribuye el Programa de Recursos Genéticos – y otros programas del CIAT – esté libre de patógenos y…
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The power of open data: Innovation, improved agriculture, impact
Open data can mean different things to different people. For me and my team, it’s not about giving away data, it’s about giving it back.
Leroy Mwanzia, Data and Information Manager at CIAT. Photo by: Neil Palmer / CIAT
Over the last 50 years, CIAT scientists have generated a gamut of data, ranging from crop models to maps of climate change…
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El equipo CIAT en Centroamérica, logros científicos con impacto social
La pasión por la ciencia y la dedicación en el trabajo son dos de las cualidades más poderosas del equipo de Centroamérica que, al igual que los demás integrantes del CIAT, se levantan todos los días a combatir la pobreza, la inseguridad alimentaria, la desigualdad de género, la malnutrición, el cambio climático y la degradación de tierras y del medio ambiente,…
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Datos abiertos para detener la desnutrición en África
¿Te imaginas si pudiéramos predecir con exactitud que se avecina una crisis de malnutrición de la misma manera que pronosticamos problemas inminentes de seguridad alimentaria como el hambre extrema?
El CIAT está utilizando Big Data y Machine Learning para desarrollar un Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Nutrición (NEWS – Nutrition Early Warning System– por…
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Sharing data wasn't cool, but neither were we – how WorldClim changed my life
I was working on toilets at the time. Suddenly, I found myself part of one of the biggest scientific movements in the history of CGIAR.
It was 2005. As a geospatial analyst, I had a short contract to map the best places to install latrines in rural Nicaragua.
While I was in Matagalpa, in the country’s coffee zone, one of my…
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El CIAT recibe condecoración de la Cámara de Representantes por su aporte a la ciencia
El representante Rafael Eduardo Palau, en nombre de la Cámara de Representantes, entrega la Condecoración orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar en grado Cruz Comendador a Ruben Echeverría, Director General del CIAT.
La Cámara de Representantes de Colombia condecoró hoy con la Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar, en…
