CIAT is a not-for-profit organization that conducts socially and environmentally
progressive research aimed at reducing hunger and poverty and preserving
natural resources in developing countries. CIAT is one of the 15 centers that
make up the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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CGIAR Systemwide Programs
- Call for Applications: PhD Scholarship
on Organic Agriculture
Innovation Systems in Uganda
- Innovations as Key
to the Green Revolution in Africa:
Exploring the Scientific Facts - Multi-Institutional Distance Learning Course
on the Ex Situ
Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources - CIAT Seeks a New Director General
- CIAT Annual Report 2006-2007
- Job Openings
- Post-doctoral Fellow in Rural or Agricultural Economics
- Market Economist/Agro-enterprise Specialist
- Communications Internship
- Reaching End User Coordinator
- Market Value Chain Specialist for Africa
- Social Scientist for Africa
PhD Scholarship on Organic Agriculture Innovation Systems in Uganda
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) are conducting action research towards out and up-scaling market-oriented organic agriculture from group to farmer association level in central and western Uganda. In connection with this research the consortium offers a PhD scholarship in the area of organic agriculture innovation systems.
Contact: Michael Hauser and Rob Delve (dev-forum@boku.ac.at)
Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in
Africa: Exploring the Scientific Facts
Arusha, Tanzania, 17-21 September 2007
This
Symposium was organized by the African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility
(AfNet) of Tropical Soil Biology
and Fertility (TSBF)
institute of CIAT in collaboration with the Soil Fertility Consortium
for Southern Africa (SOFECSA).
Multi-Institutional Distance Learning Course on the Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
This
publication, funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation (CTA, its
French acronym), covers basic concepts of plant genetic resources, germplasm
acquisition, introduction, conservation, characterization, documentation,
and germplasm bank management and aims to answer questions such as: Why
conserve? What should be conserved? For who do we conserve? and How do
we conserve?
CIAT Seeks a New Director General
CIAT seeks a Director General to lead the Center in conducting socially and environmentally progressive research to reduce hunger and poverty and preserve natural resources in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Closing date for nominations and applications is 1 February 2008 or until the position is filled.
Our
2006-2007 corporate annual report is already online. The report covers
the different projects carried out by CIAT in Latin America, Africa, and
Asia, with the collaboration of numerous partners that share our mission
of mitigating hunger and poverty in the tropics.
Download the report:
Full
color (1288 kb).
Text
only (408 kb).
Report of a Collaborative Association
Delivering Distance Education on Plant Genetic Resources
This
report describes the activities of a collaborative association between
CIAT, Bioversity
International (formerly the International Plant Genetic Resources
Institute [IPGRI]), the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNC),
and the Network of Institutions Dedicated to Teaching Agricultural and
Rural Development Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDCAPA).
The association aimed to conduct a distance-education course on the ex
situ conservation of plant genetic resources.
Download the report
(702 kb).
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Post-doctoral Fellow in Rural or Agricultural Economics
CIAT is initiating a new legumes project in Kenya and Ethiopia focusing on the poor in drought prone areas. It aims to improve productivity and incomes of farming communities through breeding work and increased access to improved bean germplasm and seeds. Closing date for applications is 30 November 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
CIAT is seeking applications for a Senior Scientist or Senior Research Fellow position on agricultural marketing Research and Development (R&D) to provide economic and enterprise development support in Africa. Closing date for applications is 30 November 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
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The Corporate Communications and Capacity Strengthening Unit of CIAT is looking for an intern to help with writing, editing, and public relations. Closing date for applications is 15 December 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
- Reaching
End User Coordinator
CIAT is seeking a Reaching End User Coordinator for the HarvestPlus Challenge Program. The Reaching End User Coordinator will provide overall leadership for strategic planning and implementation of the dissemination of biofortified crops under this interdisciplinary project. Closing date for applications is 15 December 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
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Market Value Chain Specialist for Africa
CIAT is seeking applications for an Agricultural Economist at the Post-doctoral Research Fellow (PDF) level, to support markets research in four Eastern/Central Africa projects: CIALCA, CSO-CGIAR, Farmers-to-Markets, and the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site of the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program. Closing date for applications is 31 December 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
- Social Scientist
for Africa
CIAT is seeking applications for a Rural Sociologist at the Senior Research Fellow (SRF) level, primarily to lead a new regional project on "Integrated Agricultural Research for Development" in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site (Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under FARA's Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program. Also to contribute to social science research in other projects in the eastern and central Africa region. Closing date for applications is 31 December 2007 or until a suitable candidate is identified.
7th Regional Cassava Workshop
28 October-1 November 2002, Bangkok, Thailand
This
Workshop not only dealt with cassava breeding and agronomy research, as
well as the progress made in the Nippon Foundation-funded FPR projects
in China, Thailand, and Vietnam, but also included the recent research
conducted in various new topics, such as the use of cassava roots and
leaves for animal feeding, the latest developments in cassava processing
into starch and many starch-derived products, as well as the development
of cassava growth models.
Market Knowledge—The Compass for Innovation
This
manual, only available in Spanish, is based on the experiences of Colombian
and Nicaraguan agroentrepreneurs who worked as innovation agents in their
own agroindustries, chains, and communities, and managed to improve their
production systems, productive units, products, marketing, and even organization.
Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA)
CGIAR, NARS, NGOs, and Private Sector Partners Join Forces in the Great Lakes Region
The CIALCA initiative emphasizes strong partnerships and capacity building through Center-led projects. The following three projects are currently funded by the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGDC-Belgium) and led by IITA, TSBF-CIAT, and IPGRI-INIBAP:
- Sustainable and Profitable Banana-based Systems for the African Great
Lakes Region (led by IITA).
- Enhancing the resilience of agro-ecosystems in Central Africa: A strategy to revitalize agriculture through the integration of natural resource management coupled to resilient germplasm and marketing approaches (led by TSBF-CIAT).
- Building Impact Pathways for Improving Livelihoods in Musa-based Systems
in Central Africa (led by IPGRI-INIBAP).
Visit the CIALCA
Web site.
TSBF-CIAT contact: Bernard Vanlauwe
See
the 2008-2010 version of this document, which presents CIAT's research
through a product line approach. These product lines are grouped within
the framework of two broad Research and Development Challenges (RDCs):
People & Agroecosystems and Sharing the Benefits of Agrobiodiversity.
Download the Plan
(758 kb).
2007 Scientific Poster Competition
A
key event of the Knowledge Sharing Week, held at CIAT headquarters from
May 18 to 25, was the 2007 Scientific Poster Competition. The content
and design quality of the 56 participating posters received very favorable
comments from viewers. Poster were arranged according to the CIAT Product
Lines: Beans, Cassava, Forages, Rice, TSBF, and Markets, Institutions
and Livelihoods.
CIAT Receives Recognition in Washington
CIAT
received two high-level recognitions during the recent Annual
General Meeting of the CGIAR held in Washington: the first, shared
with the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR),
as example of innovative collaboration, and the second as member of the
multidisciplinary team that supports the CG Virtual Library (CGVlibrary).
Pictured left to right, Franklin Moore (Head, US Delegation-CGIAR), Gonzalo Zorrilla (Executive Director, FLAR), Luis Roberto Sanint (Director for Public-Private Partnerships and Agronatura Science Park, CIAT), and Katherine Sierra (Chair, CGIAR).