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 861 - 865 of 958Land resources, soils and their management in the Amazon region: a state of knowledge report
General evolution of the agricultural potential of the Bolivian Amazon
Ganadería doble propósito: diagnóstico de sistemas de las provincias centrales, Panamá: información preliminar
Efecto de los factores de manejo del pastoreo sobre la utilización de pasturas tropicales
Effects of burning and grazing on native savanna in the Colombia Eastern Plains (Carimagua)
Se presenta informacion preliminar acerca del proceso y las causas de sucesion de sabanas de Trachypogon vestitus y de Paspalum pectinatum despues de quema y pastoreo, en Carimagua, Colombia. En varios expt. en los cuales se aplicaron diferentes tasas de carga a parcelas con y sin quema, se observo que la cobertura de plantas tendio a ser mayor en las parcelas con quema, a la mayor tasa de carga y al inicio y al final de la epoca seca. La quema y el pastoreo no afectaron el no. de plantas emergentes. Despues de la quema y con tasa de carga baja, T. vestitus predomino en la sabana de P.