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Item 50 years of growth at CIAT: Moments and milestones(Brochure, 2023-02) International Center for Tropical AgricultureThis expanded version of our timeline is a copy in pdf of the large-format timeline we installed on our Palmira campus in 2017 during CIAT's 50th anniversary. It displays photos, short texts, and cartoons, documenting CIAT's most significant moments and milestones in its first 50 years.Item Línea de tiempo 50 años de crecimiento en el CIAT: Forjando la sostenibilidad alimentaria futura desde 1967(Brochure, 2023-02) International Center for Tropical AgricultureLínea de tiempo de los primeros 50 años del CIAT publicada en formato libro en el marco de su aniversario 50 en 2017.Item Microbial Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Fertility under Climate-Smart Forages in East Africa(Internal Document, 2019-12) Schaedel, MarieItem Una Alianza para Acelerar el Cambio. Soluciones de sistemas alimentarios en el nexo entre agricultura, medio ambiente y nutrición - Estrategia 2020–2025.(Report, 2019-12) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATNuestro planeta – tanto humanos como el mundo natural – enfrenta cuatro crisis mundiales de relevancia para la Alianza de Bioversity International y el Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT): cambio climático, pérdida de la biodiversidad, degradación ambiental y la denominada triple carga de malnutrición – hambre, deficiencias de nutrientes y sobrenutrición. Los sistemas alimentarios son a la vez víctimas de estas crisis – el cambio climático, por ejemplo, ya está afectando negativamente la productividad de los sistemas agrícolas en todo el planeta – y culpables de ellas – con la agricultura y los usos de la tierra relacionados a los que se les atribuye el 23 por ciento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de origen humano y constituyen un factor importante de la pérdida de hábitats y biodiversidad. Pero esto no tiene que ser así. La Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT es una nueva empresa creada para cambiar esto. Esta estrategia unificada, la primera de la Alianza, combina las fortalezas de las dos organizaciones – que incluyen bancos de germoplasma, uso y conservación de la biodiversidad agrícola y arbórea, agricultura sostenible adaptada al clima, nutrición, agricultura digital, fitomejoramiento y métodos de investigación participativa – para desarrollar soluciones frente a estas crisis, con un enfoque claro para trabajar en el nexo entre agricultura, medio ambiente y nutrición. La estrategia ha sido diseñada desde el comienzo para generar impacto a escala, desde los niveles locales hasta globales, mediante una variedad de colaboraciones y nuevos modelos de negocio que cambien nuestras relaciones con actores claves para el desarrollo desde usuarios próximos hasta socios, coinversionistas y clientes. Tenemos una visión de sistemas alimentarios y paisajes que sostienen el planeta, impulsan la prosperidad y nutren a las personas. Para lograr esto, nuestra misión es brindar soluciones científicas que aprovechan la biodiversidad agrícola y transforman los sistemas alimentarios de manera sostenible para mejorar la vida de las personas en medio de una crisis climática. Lograremos nuestra misión a través de cuatro objetivos estratégicos: 1. Las personas consumen alimentos diversos, nutritivos e inocuos. 2. Las personas participan en mercados agroalimentarios incluyentes, innovadores y diversificados, y se benefician de ellos. 3. Las personas manejan sosteniblemente las fincas, los bosques y los paisajes, los cuales son productivos y resilientes al cambio climático. 4. Las comunidades y las instituciones usan y salvaguardan la biodiversidad agrícola de manera sostenible. La Alianza logrará esta visión nueva y holística empleando enfoques tales como las redes de innovación y las comunidades de práctica y fomentando nuevas alianzas y colaboraciones con inversionistas, el sector privado, innovadores disruptivos y similares, que construyan sobre nuestras redes existentes. Crearemos además formas novedosas de integrar a nuestros científicos y nuestros socios en equipos orientados hacia el logro de metas que generarán los resultados que la Alianza proyecta alcanzar y contribuirán a la Estrategia de Investigación 2030 de Un CGIAR. La estrategia está organizada en torno a seis ‘palancas para el cambio’ que, aplicadas juiciosamente, transformarán los sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios y los paisajes para enfrentar los retos de la creciente demanda de alimentos más nutritivos, manteniendo y mejorando a su vez nuestro medio ambiente y haciendo frente al cambio climático. Estos son puntos apremiantes en donde la investigación de la Alianza puede asumir un rol catalítico y nuestra intervención puede desencadenar efectos multiplicadores para lograr un cambio positivo.Item An Alliance for Accelerated Change: Food system solutions at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition - Strategy 2020–2025(Report, 2019-12) Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATOur planet – both humans and the natural world – faces four global crises of relevance to the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT): climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and the so-called triple burden of malnutrition – hunger, nutrient deficiencies, and overnutrition. Food systems are both a victim of these crises – climate change, for example, is driving down productivity of agricultural systems around the world – and a culprit – with agriculture and related land uses accounting for 23 percent of human greenhouse gas emissions and a major driver of habitat and biodiversity loss. But this doesn’t have to be so. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is a new venture created to turn food and agriculture systems around. This, the Alliance’s first unified strategy, combines the strengths of the two organizations – including genebanks, use and conservation of agricultural and tree biodiversity, climate-smart agriculture, nutrition, digital agriculture, crop improvement, and participatory research approaches – to develop solutions to these crises, through a clear focus on working at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition. The strategy has been designed from the outset for impact at scale, from local to global levels, through a range of partnerships and new business models that change our relationships with key development actors from next users to partners, co-investors, and clients. We have a vision of food systems and landscapes that sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people. To achieve this, our mission is to deliver research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives in a climate crisis. We will achieve our mission through four strategic objectives: 1. People consume diverse, nutritious, and safe foods. 2. People participate in and benefit from inclusive, innovative, and diversified agri-food markets. 3. People sustainably manage farms, forests, and landscapes that are productive and resilient to climate change. 4. Communities and institutions sustainably use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity. The Alliance will achieve this new, holistic vision by employing approaches such as innovation networks and communities of practice and by fostering new alliances and partnerships with investors, the private sector, disruptive innovators, and the like that build on our existing networks. We will also create novel ways to integrate our scientists and our partners in result-oriented teams that will deliver the outcomes the Alliance envisages and contribute to the 2030 Research Strategy of One CGIAR. The strategy is organized around six ‘levers of change’ that will, applied judiciously, transform food systems and landscapes to meet the challenges of the burgeoning demand for more-nutritious food while maintaining and improving our environment and addressing climate change. These are pressure points where Alliance research can play a catalytic role, and our intervention can trigger multiplier effects for positive change.Item Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes in Kenya and Ethiopia(Brochure, 2019-12) Nyawira, Sylvia Sarah; Girvetz, Evan Hartunian; Abera, WuletawuSoils are a very important component of the global carbon cycle as they contain the largest sink of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. At the same time, soil organic carbon (SOC) is the basis for soil fertility and the production of food to feed the growing global population. Healthy soils are not only important from an agricultural production point of view, but they also provide a multitude of other benefits that are critical to human well-being.Item Perú y el CIAT(Brochure, 2019) International Center for Tropical AgricultureEn las últimas décadas, Perú y el CIAT han cultivado una relación de colaboración mutua, la cual ha generado logros significativos en el co-diseño de sistemas agroforestales y silvopastoriles resilientes frente al cambio climático, el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de predicción agroclimática y de monitoreo de cambio de uso del suelo y el aporte de insumos técnicos en la definición del reglamento de la Ley de Mecanismos de Retribución por Servicios Ecosistémicos. El trabajo de investigación para el desarrollo del CIAT en el Perú se ha llevado a cabo colaborativamente con socios claves como el Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (MINAGRI), el Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM), el Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP) y la Universidad Agraria La Molina, entre otros. Actualmente la agenda de trabajo colaborativo incluye temas de relevancia para la agenda pública nacional y regional del Perú, como el uso eficiente del recurso hídrico, el fortalecimiento de la competitividad de cadenas productivas, modelos de negocio sostenibles para la reducción de la deforestación, herramientas tecnológicas para mejorar la toma de decisiones en conservación de los paisajes, restauración mediante alternativas de uso sostenible de zonas deforestadas, entre otros.Item CIAT Research Data Management Strategy(Report, 2019-06) International Center for Tropical AgricultureItem Hoja de ruta para América Latina y el Caribe(Report, 2018-12) International Center for Tropical AgricultureEl Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), un centro de investigación de CGIAR que funciona en África, Asia y América Latina tiene su sede principal en Cali, Colombia. Durante 50 años, el CIAT ha trabajado en colaboración con cientos de socios a lo largo y ancho de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Trabajamos con agencias gubernamentales y otros socios sobre el terreno proporcionando herramientas y apoyo científico y técnico para implementar una agricultura eco-eficiente a escala. La labor de investigación del CIAT en ALC ayuda a comprender mejor y aprovechar las tendencias actuales y futuras y sus nexos con la seguridad alimentaria, la nutrición, el manejo de los recursos naturales, el cambio climático, los paisajes y la eco-eficiencia en el sector agroalimentario. Activo actualmente en 14 países en América Latina y el Caribe, el CIAT juega un rol valioso en la transferencia sur-sur de conocimientos agrícolas y aprendizajes en toda la región y en el mundo para acelerar la innovación y generar impacto en el desarrollo.Item A Roadmap for Latin America and the Caribbean(Report, 2018-11) International Center for Tropical AgricultureThe International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), a CGIAR research center operating in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is headquartered in Cali, Colombia. CIAT has worked in collaboration for 50 years with hundreds of partners across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We work with government agencies and other partners on the ground providing tools and scientific and technical support for implementing eco-efficient agriculture at scale. CIAT’s research in LAC helps better understand and harness current and future trends and their links to food security, nutrition, natural resource management, climate change, landscapes, and eco-efficiency in the agri-food sector. Currently active in 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, CIAT plays a valuable role in South-South transfer of agricultural knowledge and learning across the region and globally to accelerate innovation for development impact.Item Estrategia CIAT Actualización 2018-2020(Brief, 2019-03) International Center for Tropical AgricultureItem CIAT Strategy Update 2018-2020(Brief, 2019-03) International Center for Tropical AgricultureItem Construyendo el futuro del campo colombiano: territorios rurales competitivos, sostenibles y equitativos(Report, 2019) International Center for Tropical AgricultureItem CIAT in Ethiopia: Science for Impact(Report, 2017) International Center for Tropical AgricultureCIAT has worked in Ethiopia for 30 years, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) and regional agricultural research centers. Initially focused on bean variety development − getting improved, better beans to communities, improving their nutrition and incomes − our work has broadened to include soil fertility management, sustainable land management, climate change and climate information services. Ethiopia has one of the most diverse agro-ecological zones in Africa, with an ambitious restoration plan and climate-resilient, green economy strategy. Together with national research institutions, farmer organizations, and the private sector, our approach has focused on mainstreaming research into the country’s development and research priorities, contributing to major Ethiopian development agendas such as the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP2), Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP2), and Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE). Aligning with the government’s Sustainable Land Management initiative, we support climate-resilient landscapes in partnership with local communities. Our cutting-edge science helps policymakers, the private sector, scientists, civil society, and farmers respond to the pressing challenges of our time. Drawing on international expertise and the world’s largest collections of beans and livestock forages, we tackle poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition, climate change, and environmental degradation. We support and complement government efforts to create ‘climate resilient landscapes,’ developing and piloting frameworks, tools, options and evidence generation of restoration efforts across the country. We contribute to the agricultural transformation agenda of the country through improving agronomic and management practices, contributing to fertilizer recommendation efforts and leading the effort to build “digital agriculture” through Big Data analytics.Item Strategic foresight analysis for high impact interventions in agriculture and food security(Brief, 2017) Girvetz, Evan Hartunian; Osiemo, Jamleck; Prager, Steven D.A mix of demographic, technological, climate and environmental changes make anticipating and planning the future a complex - but critical step - to increase our food supply while sustaining natural resources. Successful interventions which meet these twin objectives are a priority for governments, multi-lateral banks, NGOs, and the private sector. It is vital that we articulate the potential impacts of climate change, different interventions, and policy decisions on the most strategic areas of investment to achieve the best economic and social benefits. The question remains: how to articulate these complex factors to support policy and decision making by governments and organizations?Item CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020(Report, 2017) International Center for Tropical AgricultureOur goal is to provide the scientific basis for development investments and policies that promote more productive, profitable agriculture, and healthier diets at no environmental cost. Low-income, smallholder farmers face significant challenges across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High population growth is coinciding with migration to the cities as younger populations seek out higher income-earning opportunities. Inadequate infrastructure and few markets for agricultural production in rural areas, for example, are leading to stagnated opportunities for smallholders. More people need diverse, nutritious food. This needs to be affordable and available to low-income, vulnerable people. Opportunities to accelerate and make agricultural production more efficient exist. We can – and must – harness science and agricultural research for development to drive agricultural growth and contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), continental and national goals as envisaged under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and other strategic frameworks with which CIAT’s work is aligned. In the last 50 years, CIAT has worked to improve livelihoods and make healthier, local foods available to more people, while protecting land resources and ecosystems. In doing so, our work in Africa has broadened from commodity-focused interventions to understanding interactions within the wider food system. This Roadmap outlines four thematic areas that CIAT aims to address in Africa to make agricultural systems more resilient and efficient. These areas apply a sharper focus to specific opportunities and foster a holistic and cross-cutting approach to tackle research and development challenges. The themes communicate our areas of strength, and outline opportunities for future engagement, to strengthen the impact pathway of our research. The four thematic areas are: Leveraging markets through improved productivity and competitiveness; Agriculture for improved nutrition and health; Transforming farms and landscapes for sustainability; and Investment planning for resilient agriculture. Each is intended as a growth opportunity and value proposition for CIAT in Africa. The themes inform our progress within today’s multi-layered research landscape and with our partners, the private sector, NGOs, governments, development partners, and farmers. Our partners have historically been central to our work in the region, and they remain so today. Much of our work is about presenting better solutions and decision-support tools for these partners, so they can make wiser investments in agriculture, prioritizing limited resources for a healthier, wealthier continent for our families today – and for our children to inherit.Item Framework for a CIAT Strategic Initiative: Comparative Research on Restoration of Degraded Lands(Report, 2017-11) International Center for Tropical AgricultureItem The Impacts of CIAT’s Collaborative Research(Report, 2017) International Center for Tropical AgricultureThe International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is celebrating 50 years of collaborative work with hundreds of partners across the tropics. During 50 years, CIAT has led the development and dissemination of technologies, innovative methods, and new knowledge that better enable farmers to enhance eco-efficiency in agriculture and contribute to building a sustainable food future. CIAT scientists have compiled an impressive record of achievements. In the interests of accountability to donors and other stakeholders, and to help lead the Center’s strategic research investments, they have also devoted considerable effort to measure the economic impact of their work. This document reports some of the main impacts of CIAT’s collaborative research, highlights key initiatives whose impacts have yet to be assessed, and describes several new studies and other efforts aimed to strengthen capacity for economic analysis.Item Los impactos de la investigación colaborativa del CIAT(Report, 2017) International Center for Tropical AgricultureEl Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) está celebrando 50 años de trabajo colaborativo con cientos de socios en los trópicos. Durante 50 años, el CIAT ha liderado el desarrollo y difusión de tecnologías, métodos innovadores y nuevos conocimientos que contribuyen para que los productores logren la eco-eficiencia en la agricultura y puedan aportar a la sostenibilidad alimentaria futura. Los científicos del CIAT han acumulado un récord impresionante de logros. Para efectos de rendición de cuentas ante donantes y otros grupos interesados, y para contribuir a orientar las inversiones estratégicas del Centro en materia de investigación, han dedicado además esfuerzos considerables para cuantificar el impacto económico de su trabajo. Este documento presenta algunos de los principales impactos de la investigación colaborativa del CIAT, resalta iniciativas clave cuyos impactos todavía están por ser evaluados y describe nuevos estudios y otros esfuerzos dirigidos a fortalecer las capacidades para el análisis económico.Item Building a sustainable food future since 1967: Fifty years and 50 wins(Report, 2017-10) International Center for Tropical AgricultureWhen CIAT was created In 1967, the majority of poor and hungry people in the tropics were smallholder farmers. Increasing the productivity of their crops was, therefore, the critical entry point for CIAT’s research. Since that time, we have been concerned with nearly every aspect of tropical agriculture: the crop varieties that farmers grow, the production systems they manage, the agricultural landscapes they inhabit, the markets in which they participate, and the policies that influence their options and decisions. On the occasion of our 50th Anniversary, we are happy and proud to share a selection of “50 wins” in the fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and towards a sustainable food future.