CIAT is proud to celebrate 50 years of agricultural research and development impact.
Latest Agroforestry Species Switchboard offers additional plant databases
The Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a “one-stop-shop” to retrieve data about a particular plant species across a wide range of information sources.
CIMMYT wins prestigious Chinese science and technology award
CIMMYT’s tropical maize germplasm has provided a broadened base and new traits for breeding in China, allowing for development of innovative high-yielding hybrids with wide adaptability.
Giving voice to those not heard for more equitable irrigation investments in the Nile Basin
As the Nile basin is increasingly ‘overbuilt’, policy makers, water users and scholars are forced to make difficult decisions which imply redistributions of land and water.
Aquaculture and the environment: Getting the balance right
A 2016 study by WorldFish, as part of the AquaLINC project, found that use of the Abbassa strain helped reduce lifecycle environmental impacts by up to 36%.
Featured Highlights
Stories of Change
Transformation: when good science and innovation meet
“It’s better to have a team of good farmers than good researchers, in terms of impacts.”
Biofortified Beans Reverses Iron Deficiency in Women
Creating change with Cassava
Odisha Odyssey: The Arcadian landscapes and tribal goat keepers of Mayurbhanj
A roadmap to resilience and sustainability: Myanmar’s climate-smart agriculture strategy
More efficient and sustainable cassava processing with new technologies
What’s New in Research
Agrilinks and Microlinks to host webinar on safety of animal-source foods for improved nutrition
Join an upcoming joint Agrilinks and Microlinks webinar on 25 January 2017 at 0900–1100 hours EDT where ILRI scientists will be among experts who will share effective approaches to improving…
Foresight Africa viewpoint: Science and the farm
This viewpoint by PIM Director Karen Brooks was originally written as part of the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative’s Foresight Africa 2017 report. Cross-posted with permission from Brookings’ Africa in Focus blog.
Cryopreservation – Safeguarding crops for millennia
Cryopreservation consists of storing plant material in liquid nitrogen at -196 °C. A new video explains how Bioversity International is using cryopreservation to back up its banana diversity collection in…
Selecting elite chickpea breeding lines and knowledge sharing
During the chickpea scientists’ meeting at ICRISAT, participants selected a large number of breeding lines from various fields for further research.
Study tracks significant increase in household income due to rainwater harvesting structures
A new study reveals that using farm level rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) significantly increases farm productivity, cropping intensity, farm income and household income.
Publications
Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
Climate change and crop diversity: farmers’ perceptions and adaptation on the Bolivian Altiplano
Host country governance and the African land rush: 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development
The large social and environmental footprint of rising investor demand for Africa’s farmland has in recent years become a much-examined area of enquiry. This has produced a rich body of…
Guinea pig or pioneer: Translating global environmental objectives through to local actions in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia’s REDD+ pilot province
Many difficulties have arisen from top-down approaches to the design and implementation of global environmental initiatives. The concept of translation and other analytical features of Actor-Network Theory (ANT) can offer…
Risk factors, perceptions and practices associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis and its control in the smallholder pig production systems in Uganda: A cross-sectional survey
Peer-reviewed article by Kungu and others in BMC Infectious Diseases (January 2017)
Opinions
African nations have the will to adapt agriculture to climate change
Elwyn Grainger-Jones, CGIAR System Organization’s Executive Director, on Thomson Reuters Foundation News.
Events
General Assembly of the Centers
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Location: London, UK
Meeting of CGIAR Center Audit Committee Chairs
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Location: Washington DC, USA
System Management Board 5th Meeting
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Location: Rome, Italy
