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 891 - 895 of 958Pasture development in the hyperthermic savannas (Carimagua)
Se describen ensayos destinados a reducir los costos del establecimiento de pasturas y a la observacion de la distribucion espacial de las especies asociadas. Se sembraron Andropogon gayanus, Desmodium ovalifolium, Stylosanthes capitata y Pueraria phaseoloides en una sabana madura o recientemente quemada con o sin labranza y cobertura de rastrojo. D. ovalifolium y P. phaseoloides alcanzaron un cubrimiento completo en ambos tratamientos de labranza, en el ano, con tasas de P2O5 que variaron de media a alta.
Land resource evaluation of tropical America
En 1977 se inicio la evaluacion de los recursos de tierra para estudiar las regiones de Oxisoles y Ultisoles en America del Sur, con el objeto de ayudar a establecer prioridades tecnicas para el mejoramiento de la tierra. Esta parte del trabajo se completo en 1979, pero el estudio ha sido ampliado para proporcionar informacion sobre otros cultivos de la region Andina, y sobre la produccion de cultivos, agroforestal y de forrajes en America Latina.
White mold
White mold, caused by the fungus Sclerotinia (Whetzelinia) sclerotiorum, is distributed worldwide and has more than 300 hosts. It infects flowers, cotyledons, seeds, leaves or injured plant tissue. The disease can be controlled by crop rotation, flooding, reduced seeding rates, application of chemical products in the middle of the flowering period, modifying plant architecture and the use of resistant var. Many soil microorganisms are associated with sclerotia and may cause them to degrade or fan to germinate. The symptoms and damage caused by the disease are illustrated in color.
CIAT/IFDC phosphorus project
Se detallan evaluaciones de campo e invernadero en las que se examinaron: el efecto de diferentes rocas fosforicas (RF), la eficacia de la aplicacion de P, el tamano de los granulos y las relaciones RF: Superfosfato triple, asi como los efectos de las mezclas cogranuladas de RF con superfosfato triple y superfosfato simple, y la RF parcialmente acidulada, en varias especies, incluyendo Brachiaria decumbens, Zea mays y Panicum maximum. (Herbage Abstracts-CIAT)
Nutritional disorders
Different nutritional deficiencies or toxicities may limit bean development and yield. N and P deficiencies are the most frequent, although deficiency of minor elements and Al/Mn toxicity can reduce yields considerably. Nutritional problems are usually diagnosed by soil and plant tissue analyses and the observation of symptoms produced by nutritional disorders. Optimum pH for bean production varies between 6.5-7.5; within these limits, the majority of the plant nutrients have their max availability. Color illustrations are given of the symptoms of plant deficiencies and toxicities.