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The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (known as CIAT from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) is an international research and development organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger while protecting natural resources in developing countries.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a nonprofit organization that works with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture, with the ultimate goals of reducing hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. [2]
He was the Interim Director General of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia from 2008 to 2009 [20] and was at the forefront of transformative tropical agricultural research. His tenure was marked by his focus on prioritizing the sustainability, productivity and profitability of smallholder farming systems.
Derrick Thomas spent large time of his researcher life in South America and Africa, devoted to research for pasture and forage improvement. From 1978 to 1989, he was a senior research scientist in the Tropical Pastures Program at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), one of the research centres under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ().
Research on the domestication of crops, notably the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, working with the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia; The genetic diversity, conservation and improvement of tropical crops such as: Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), working with the Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) in Peru
From January 2008 to June 2011, if you bought shares in companies when John R. Brazil joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 35.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a -12.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) Denmark. Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI)
The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza or CATIE) is an international institute for agricultural development and biological conservation in Central America and the Caribbean, combining science, education and innovation. CATIE is the first graduate school in ...