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The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Program believes strongly in the power of information for designing effective policies in terms of investments in agricultural development and natural resource conservation and management. Our goal is to contribute to improved decision-making across Latin America. We do this by providing novel and accurate information about agricultural systems and associated natural resources at all levels, from farm to continent. To ensure that the rural poor benefit from both public- and private-sector policies, we also work with key governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Read more about DAPA here….
Job Opportunities:We are currently recruiting interns to work in the DAPA program. For further information, click here.
This week I’ve been at a meeting in beautiful Bellagio, Italy with a diverse group of people from climate scientists through to breeders. We’re discussing the issue of crop wild relatives and climate change. A number of issues are coming up. The beautiful lakeside house at Rockefeller's Bellagio Center First, ... [Link] [Cache]
Gender experts at work in CIAT In mid June of 2010, a group of 42 gender and participatory research experts were brought to our campus by CIAT’s Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program PRGA to discuss their experiences with Gender Responsive Participatory Research GRPR , and how they see the ... [Link] [Cache]
It is said that earthworms ventured out from the sea 500M years ago and colonized terrestrial environments. Since then, they have developed a large diversity of life forms distributed among several thousand species able to exploit any ecological niche in the soil and litter environment. They have developed strong interactions ... [Link] [Cache]
Our friend and colleague Thomas Oberthur is looking for interns to work with him on a range of projects in Malaysia with IPNI. Below find the information and contact him directly if interested! Best management practices for oil palm production The Southeast Asia SEA, seap.ipni.net office of the International Plant ... [Link] [Cache]
The 19th World Congress of Soil Science adressed SOIL SOLUTIONS FOR A CHANGING WORLD . While most general conferences did address global change and the importance of soils in their mitigation, a large number of symposia considered the different functions of soils, their classification and global mapping. The late topic ... [Link] [Cache]
CIAT, through the CPWF-project on mechanisms for sharing the benefits derived from ecosystem services, will co-sponsor and participate in an upcoming workshop: Financing Mechanisms for the Conservation of Ecosystems and Bio-Diversity, from 29-30 September in Lima, Peru. The purpose of the event is to provide insight into the different economic ... [Link] [Cache]
CIAT hydro-modeling experts Natalia Uribe, Marcela Quintero and Jefferson Valencia will deliver a course on using the modeling tool ArcSWAT from 6-10 September in Bogota. The week-long course forms part of a diploma in the Administration of Watersheds through the University Javeriana, Bogotá , offered to professionals from regional environmental ... [Link] [Cache]
Our climate change team has recently been working in collaboration with the Caribbean Risk Insurance Facility CCRIF .This initiative has been created to assist governments in the Caribbean region, to better adapt strategies for dealing with the economic impact of natural disasters. Our team has been helping with the recently ... [Link] [Cache]
El pasado viernes, 27 de agosto estuve invitada a dar una charla en la Universidad Autónoma de Occidente en el marco del Encuentro regional ¿Hacía una Cultura Digital? El conversatorio trataba del tema de la “Comunicación y TIC en Procesos de Apropiación Social”. Desde la experiencia del Programa de Gestión ... [Link] [Cache]
Social scientists are always innovating and developing more rigorous scientific tools that help to assess impact, understand social behavior and help policy makers to take right decisions. Although, in agricultural sciences social researchers face different challenges to assess impact. The hardest problem, as in other science fields, is to identify ... [Link] [Cache]
