Mission
To reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture.
People
CIAT’s staff includes about 200 scientists. Supported by a wide array of donors, the Center collaborates with hundreds of partners to conduct high-quality research and translate the results into development impact. A Board of Trustees provides oversight of CIAT’s research and financial management.
Values
- Shared organizational ethic
- We respect each other, our partners, and the people who benefit from our work. We act with honesty, integrity, transparency, and environmental responsibility in all of our joint endeavors.
- Learning through partnerships
- We work efficiently and pragmatically together and with partners. Considering our diversity to be a key asset, we adapt readily to change and strive to improve our performance through continuous learning.
- Innovation for impact
- We develop innovative solutions to important challenges in tropical agriculture, resulting in major benefits for the people who support, participate in, and profit from our work.
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Resources
Displaying 921 - 925 of 958El Control de Erinnyis ello (L) gusano cachón de la yuca [conjunto audiotutorial]
This audiotutorial unit (cassette, printed script, 70 color slides, study guide, self-evaluation test), prepared by the Communications Support Unit at CIAT, is available for use with a manually or automatically synchronized slide projector/cassette tape recorder. Each unit is available from the Distribution Office at a cost of US$ 50; photocopies of the study guide alone can be obtained from the Cassava Information Center. Data are given on the biology of the hornworm, its economic importance and possible methods of control.
Field problems of beans in Latin America
A description is given of the different factors limiting to bean production in Latin America, type of damage caused, environmental conditions where they prevail, and possible control measures. With regard to diseases, the following are discussed: aphid-, whitefly- and beetle-transmitted viruses, foliage- and pod- infecting fungi, root- and stem-infecting fungi, bacterial diseases, nematodes and seed pathology. Insect pests are grouped according to the part of the plant attacked: seedlings, leaves, pods and the stored seeds.
Guía práctica para el control de malezas en potreros
La epidemiología de anaplasmosis y babesiosis bovina en las tierras bajas tropicales de Colombia
Manejo y productividad de las praderas en los Llanos Orientales de Colombia