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Significant Advances towards CIAT's Mission

CIAT's research was lauded as "excellent" by the recent External Program and Management Review. In this section, we give the reader a flavor of the exciting research currently being carried out by the Center and its partners.

• "Humanity's future survival depends on conservation"

• Improving "life after harvest" for cassava

• Detecting bacterial panicle blight in rice

• Abiotic stress tolerance lies in the genes: the case of Brachiaria grasses

• Improving cassava/legume intercropping systems in DR Congo

• The triple benefits of a cover-crop legume

• "Beans: they're worth it!"

• Chasing drought to control poverty: the CIAT-GCP partnership

• "Healthy, wealthy, and wise": using ecosystem services

• Developing supply chains for specialty crops

• New business models for sustainable trading relationships

• Reviewing research approaches