| Topic |
Lecturer/Project/Institute |
Date |
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1. On
solid ground (2551 kb)
2. Um
nuevo mapeo digital de suelos do mundo (1460 kb)
|
1.
Prem Bindraban
Director
ISRIC
– World Soil Information
Netherlands
2. Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos
Head
Embrapa
Solos
Brazil
|
20 November 2009 |
| ICA's
new strategic plan |
Fernando
Caicedo Lince
General Manager
ICA
Colombia |
13 November 2009 |
Nutritional
studies carried out in Nicaragua with nutritionally enhanced
foods
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Patricia
Carrillo
CIAT
Nicaragua |
12 November 2009 |
New
strategic directions for CATIE
(in Spanish, 393 kb) |
José
Joaquín Campos
Director General
CATIE
Costa Rica |
11 November 2009 |
Improving
fruit productivity and quality in Ecuador (in Spanish,
799 kb) |
Wilson
Vásquez, PhD
National
Leader, Fruits Program
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP)
Ecuador
|
9 November 2009 |
| Global
Crop Diversity Trust: Foundation for food security |
Cary
Fowler
Executive Director
Global
Crop Diversity Trust
|
6 November 2009 |
| Perspective
of rice in Latin America 2050 |
Patricio
Méndez del Villar
CIRAD
Montpellier, France |
3 November 2009 |
Advances
in the improvement program for the tropics — FLAR
(in Spanish, 625 kb) |
Luis
Eduardo Berrío
FLAR |
21 October 2009 |
|
Altering arthropod
behavior by modifying plant odors
|
Kai
Ament
PhD in Molecular Biology and MSc in Biochemistry
Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences (SILS)
University of Amsterdam |
14 October 2009 |
|
80 Years of selection:
Pioneer's Breeding Program
|
Geoff
Graham
Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc.
USA |
7 October 2009 |
1.
Studies on lethal yellowing
(2594 kb)
2.
Micro-propagation of the coconut palm (in Spanish,
2219 kb) |
Carlos
Oropeza, PhD
Researcher
Yucatan Scientific Research Center (CICY)
Mérida, Mexico |
29 September
2009 |
What
is this thing called bioinformatics?
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Sarah
Ayling, PhD
Bioinformatician
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project |
25 September
2009 |
Regional
academic networks and their interaction with global networks
(in Spanish, 2189 kb) |
Martha
Giraldo
Executive Director of the National Advanced Technology
Academic Network (RENATA)
and
Chair of the Directors' Council of the Latin American
Cooperation of Advanced Networks (CLARA)
Sandra
Catalina Roldán
Executive Director of the High-Speed University Network
(RUAV) and
Chair of the Directors' Council of RENATA
|
16 September
2009 |
|
CIAT's
corporate identity
(in Spanish, 1943 kb)
|
Julio
César Martínez
Graphic Design
Corporate Communications and Capacity Strengthening, CCC |
9 September 2009 |
|
From research to
a high throughput transgenic pipeline
|
Inez
Hortense Slamet Loedin, PhD
IRRI
Candidate to the position:
Genetic Transformation
|
7 September 2009 |
|
Impact
assessment and field experiences; more than one way
(1088 kb)
|
Robert
S. Andrade, MSc
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP)
Ecuador
Candidate to the position:
Impact Assessment Officer
|
11 August 2009 |
|
From research
to a high throughput transgenic pipeline
Part
1 (1837 kb)
Part
2 (931 kb)
|
Beáta
Dedicová, PhD
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Candidate to the position:
Genetic Transformation
|
10 August 2009 |
|
Strategies to improve
dialog with donors
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet)
|
Huntington
Hobbs
Independent consultant
USA |
10 August 2009 |
Knowledge
based bio-economy (KBBE)
(1477 kb) |
Eduardo
Trigo
Director, Grupo
CEO
Scientific Adviser of the National Directorate for Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Productive
Innovation
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Guy
Henry
CIRAD
Joint Research Unit MOISA
Coordinator, CIRAD-ProsPER
LAC and EC Projects
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
29 July 2009 |
Increased
yield potential in irrigated rice
(in Spanish, 1639 kb) |
Edgar
Alonso Torres
Plant breeder, Rice Project
CIAT-FLAR |
24 June 2009 |
Commonly
used participatory strategies of natural resource management
(in Spanish, 1237 kb) |
Ana María
Ibánez
Jorge Higinio Maldonado
Faculty
of Economy
Universidad
de los Andes |
17 June 2009 |
| Integrating
genomics with breeding |
Chikelu
Mba
Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory
International
Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria
Candidate to the position:
Cassava Geneticist
|
11 June 2009 |
| Integrating
genomics with breeding |
Luis
Augusto Becerra
Research Scientist
Genomics and Plant Development (Program X)
CSIRO
Plant Industry
Canberra, Australia
Candidate to the position:
Cassava Geneticist
|
10 June 2009 |
The
cause of bud rot in oil palm: An abiotic-soil hypothesis
(in Spanish, 3696 kb) |
Douglas
Laing
Professor
Plant Physiologist
Experience in Soils and Climatology
Independent Consultant
Former Deputy Director General of CIAT |
2 June 2009 |
A
review and rethinking of the productivity potential of
agriculture and the role of R&D
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Philip
Pardey
Professor
Department
of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota
|
1 June 2009 |
Evaluating
the protein quality of traditional recipes of the Department
of Cauca prepared with biofortified maize (QPM) as compared
with common maize
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Paola
Catalina Imbachí Narváez
Agroindustrial Engineering Program
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Universidad
del Cauca |
13 May 2009 |
The
Brazilian Amazon region: Current situation and perspectives
(in Spanish, 1661 kb) |
Nazaré
Soares
Coordinator, Pilot Tropical Forest Protection Program
Mauro
Pires
Director, Department of Policies to Stop Deforestation
Ministry
of the Environment
Brazil
|
23 Apr. 2009 |
| Outcomes
of the cassava propagation agreement signed between AMUC
and CIAT in northern Cauca |
Diego
Zapata and Alfaro Mina
Municipal Association of Farmer-Users of Santander de
Quilichao (AMUC) |
22 Apr. 2009 |
Ecosystem
services: Four years after the millennium ecosystem assessment
(1689 kb) |
Patrick
Lavelle
IRD
TSBF Program in Latin America |
1 Apr. 2009 |
| Let's
really go online! The potential of social media for improving
organizational, project, and personal impact |
Simone
Staiger-Rivas
Leader, Institutional Knowledge Sharing Project
ICT-KM
Program of the CGIAR |
18 Mar. 2009 |
An
African inheritance: Varietal diversity and uses of banana
and plantain in Colombia
(in Spanish, 2096 kb) |
Dominique
Dufour, PhD
Food Engineering - Bioindustry
Cassava/Fruits Project |
11 Mar. 2009 |
Validation
of an in vitro digestion method to evaluate the
bioavailability of iron in biofortified crops
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Ingrid
Johanna Aragón
Chemistry Program
Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences
Universidad
del Valle |
4 Mar. 2009 |
Black
sigatoka and banana: 19 years of IMTP (International Musa
Testing Programme) trials with Musacea
(in Spanish, 1230 kb) |
Julián
Ramírez
Research Assistant
Agroecosystems |
25 Feb. 2009 |
| Using
transgenics to improve the beta-carotene content of cassava |
Paul
Chavarriaga
Research Associate
Biotechnology |
18 Feb. 2009 |
Health
issues pertinent to the CIAT community
(in Spanish, 582 kb) |
Jorge
Alberto Morales
Physician
Occupational Health CIAT |
4 Feb. 2009
|
| Use
of in vitro pre-cecal and cecal digestibility to
evaluate the use of tropical legumes in monogastric nutrition |
Julieta
Torres
Student, M.Sc. in Animal Production
Universidad
Nacional de Colombia - Palmira |
28 Jan. 2009
|
| Role
of 'tasselseed1' in mechanisms of sexual determination
of maize |
Iván
Acosta, PhD
Farmer Lab
University
of Lausanne
Switzerland |
7 Jan. 2009
|
|
|
Marketing
strategy for introducing bean and maize varieties of improved
nutritional quality in the Department of Cauca, Colombia
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Luz
Karime Gómez González
Administrative Assistant
CIMMYT-Colombia |
4 Dec. 2008
|
1,
2, 3: A new strategic vision on an important tropical
crop
(1325 kb) |
Daniel
Debouck
Head
Genetic Resources Unit |
3 Dec. 2008
|
History,
characterization, and management of cassava frogskin disease,
the most important disease affecting Manihot esculenta
in its center of origin
(in Spanish, 3491 kb) |
Maritza
Cuervo
Genetic Resources Unit
Iván
Lozano and Francisco
Morales
Virology |
26 Nov. 2008
|
The
position of consumers and political actors regarding genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) as food: The case of Brazil
and cassava biofortified with vitamin A
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Carolina
González
Research Associate
Agroecosystems |
19 Nov. 2008
|
| Chemical
ecology research at SLU, Alnarp, Sweden |
Peter
Witzgall
Chemical Ecology Group
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Sweden
|
13 Nov. 2008
|
Latin
American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR): A proper way
for developing Latin America's rice sector
(in Spanish, 1534 kb) |
Gonzalo
Zorrilla de San Martín
Executive Director
FLAR
|
12 Nov. 2008
|
|
Introgression of
high protein genes from inter-specific hybrids of Manihot
esculenta ssp flabellifolia into cassava
(Manihot esculenta Crantz)
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet)
|
Olalekan
Abiodun Akinbo
Plant Breeding
Cassava Genetics |
11 Nov. 2008
|
|
Evaluation of the
nutritional quality of leaf extracts prepared from the
foliage of different crops
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet)
|
Sayda
Milena Pico Fonseca
Student, Nutrition and Dietetics
Universidad
Industrial de Santander
Colombia |
5 Nov. 2008
|
Managing
financial risks in rice in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Argentina
(in Spanish, 1235 kb) |
Alvaro
Ramírez
Economist
FLAR |
29 Oct. 2008
|
| Recent advances
on the characterization of Xanthomonas oryzae in
Africa and application for disease management |
Boris
Szurek and Valérie
Verdier
IRD
France |
22 Oct. 2008
|
Towards
a better conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity
in the Americas: Some examples of Bioversity's work
(4645 kb) |
Xavier André Achille Scheldeman
Scientist
Use and Conservation of Neotropical Plant Genetic Resources
Bioversity
International |
15 Oct. 2008
|
Advances
in the research on medicinal plants in Guatemala
(in Spanish, 519 kb) |
Ariel
Ortiz López
Universidad
de San Carlos de Guatemala
|
14 Oct. 2008
|
|
CIAT's financial situation and the 2009
preliminary budget
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet)
|
Albin Hubscher
Deputy Director General for Corporate Services |
8 Oct. 2008
|
|
Endorsing the Amazon Initiative through
CGIAR's Ecoregional Program for the Amazon Region
Presentation
1
(1609 kb)
Presentation
2
(1125 kb)
|
Adilson Serrão
Coordinator
Amazon Initiative Consortium
César Sabogal
Coordinator of the Amazon Initiative Ecoregional Program
Brazil
|
1 Oct. 2008
|
|
HarvestPlus:
Breeding crops for better nutrition
(2429 kb)
|
Wolfgang
Pfeiffer
Plant Breeding Coordinator
HarvestPlus
|
24 Sep. 2008
|
Agronomic
and sensorial evaluation of biofortified bean in Cuba
(in Spanish, 1646 kb) |
Orlando
Chaveco
Agricultural Engineer
Master's in Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Extension, Research, and Training Unit
Cuba |
17 Sep. 2008 |
Luck is the residue
of design—The IRRI pioneer interviews
(DVD presentations) |
Peter Jennings
Former Head of the CIAT Rice Program and currently consultant
to CIAT and FLAR |
10 Sep. 2008 |
Advances in conventional cassava breeding
(2885 kb) |
Hernán Ceballos
Leader
Cassava Project |
3 Sep. 2008 |
| Research at the
USDA rice research centres with emphasis on wild rice
species' introgressions |
Georgia
Eizenga
USDA
Rice Research Center
USA |
27 Aug. 2008 |
Estimating
actual evapotranspiration from satellite and meteorological
data—Application for the upper part of the Mamore
river basin in Bolivia
(1045 kb) |
Christian
Seiler
Can. MSc Earth System Science
Wageningen
University and Research Centre |
26 Aug. 2008 |
Food security monitoring models
(in Spanish, 3229 kb) |
Diego Pedreros
Climate Hazard Group
Dept. of Geography
University
of California, Santa Barbara |
6 Aug. 2008 |
Intellectual property and plant variety protection
(141 kb) |
Partha
S. Mudgil
Law Student
University
of Cambridge |
6 Aug. 2008 |
The world water and food crisis: Agriculture—The
cause or cure?
(1787 kb) |
Simon
Cook
Spatial Information Specialist
CIAT/IWMI |
25 June 2008 |
Diagnosis of the cassava crop and cassava agroindustries
in the Department of Cauca during 2008
(in Spanish, 2653 kb) |
Gustavo
Jaramillo
Consultant
Cassava Program |
18 June 2008 |
In times of climatic and food disorders, seeds
that offer solutions
(in Spanish, 1020 kb) |
Daniel
Debouck
Genetic Resources Specialist
Head, Genetic Resources Unit |
18 June 2008 |
CIAT's response to the world food situation
(451 kb) |
Geoff
Hawtin
Director General |
18 June 2008 |
Professional risk management: An opportunity from
the perspective of Colombian legislation and quality management
models
(in Spanish, 268 kb) |
Jorge
Alberto Morales V.
MD. MSO
Head
Occupational Health |
11 June 2008 |
Knowledge of
genetic resources and its use for crop improvement: Sorghum
and resistance to striga, a case study
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Cécile
Grenier
Research Geneticist
Bios Department
CIRAD
France |
3 June 2008 |
CIAT strategies
and advances in tropical fruits
(In Spanish, only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Alonso
González
Leader
Farmer and Market
|
28 May 2008 |
Use of callose in the screening for tolerance
to acid soils
(in Spanish, 2381 kb) |
Alba
Lucía Arcos
Agricultural Engineer
Universidad
Nacional de Colombia
Research Assistant
CIMMYT - Colombia |
21 May 2008 |
Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation:
Assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone
crop production
(1019 kb) |
Glenn
Hyman and Sam Fujisaka
Agroecosystem Resilience |
14 May 2008 |
Monetary policy, food inflation, and technology
response
(688 kb) |
Carlos
Gustavo Cano
Co-Director
Banco de la Republica
Bogotá |
9 May 2008 |
Ex-ante
economic impact assessment in Latin America and the Caribbean
of introducing cassava, sweet potato, or maize biofortified
with beta-carotene: A cost effectiveness analysis based
on Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS)
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet)
|
Anne
Balling Jacobsen
Nutritionist
University
of Copenhagen, Denmark |
30 Apr. 2008 |
Micro satellite
diversity in common bean
(Only available on CIAT's Intranet) |
Matthew
Blair
Bean Project |
23 Apr. 2008 |
How oil peak and the response to climate change
may affect world agriculture
(2635 kb) |
Richard Douthwaite |
3 Apr. 2008 |
|
Everything
you have wanted to know about climate change and haven't
dared to ask
(in Spanish, 2316 kb)
|
Andy
Jarvis
Senior Scientist
Spatial Analyst
Outcome Line Leader |
2 Apr. 2008 |
| Managing
professional risks: An opportunity from the perspective
of Colombian law and quality management models |
Jorge
Alberto Morales V.
MD. MSO
Head, Occupational Health
CIAT |
26
Mar. 2008 |
CIAT in the
Noe's Ark
(2225 kb) |
Daniel
Debouck
Head
Genetic Resources Unit
CIAT |
12
Mar. 2008 |
Short- and
medium-term effects of aluminium toxicity and resistance
in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(1853 kb) |
Andrés
Felipe Rangel B.
Plant Nutritionist/Physiologist
CIAT |
27
Feb. 2008 |
Participatory
breeding for superior, cassava mosaic resistant in Ghana
(1133 kb) |
Richard
Gibson
Natural Resources Institute
University
of Greenwich
United Kingdom |
20
Feb. 2008 |
| Validating
the Lowry Method of determining soluble protein content |
Mónica
Pizarro
Student 7th Semester
Agroindustrial Engineering
Universidad
Nacional - Palmira Campus
Colombia |
13
Feb. 2008 |
Tropical Whitefly
IPM Project: A decade of international collaborative research
on basic and high value crops
(4480 kb) |
Francisco
J. Morales
Tropical Whitefly IPM Project
|
6
Feb. 2008 |
| Research
and development of Brachiaria hybrids 2006-2007.
Grupo Papalotla |
Esteban
Pizarro
Director of Research and Development
Grupo Papalotla |
11
Jan. 2008 |
| Cellular
and molecular biology of the biotrophic invasion of rice
by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae |
Gloria
Mosquera
Plant Pathologist
Kansas
State University
USA |
9
Jan. 2008 |
|
|
| Characterization
of potato consumption by mothers and babies 6 to 36 months
old in the Peruvian Andes |
Maria
Reyna Liria(1),
Gabriela Burgos(2),
Meredith Bonierbale(2),
Hilary Creed-Kanashiro(1)
(1) Instituto
de Investigación Nutricional
(2) International
Potato Center
Peru |
2
Nov. 2007 |
| Nitrogen
uptake by crops and dynamics in the soil applied with
green manures and sewage slude |
Nahomi
Asagi
PhD Student
Soil Fertility Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Ehime
University
Japan |
30
Oct. 2007 |
| Trends
in iron bioavailability in rural India (1975-2005) |
Christina
Nyhus Dhillon
MPH
PhD candidate at Cornell
University
Program in International Nutrition |
29
Oct. 2007 |
Access to agro-biotechnological resources in Colombia
and the Andean Region: A question of governance and property
rights
(in Spanish, 1071 kb) |
Ana
Carolina Roa
PhD in Law
Australian
National University |
8
Oct. 2007 |
Scientific advances
in agrosilvopastoral production systems in Cuba
(in Spanish, 2210 kb) |
Fernando
Funes Aguilar
Instituto de Investigaciones de Pastos y Forrajes
La Habana, Cuba |
12
Sep. 2007 |
| Recent
advances in research and development of Lablab purpureus
diversity: A tropical multiple purpose legume |
Brigitte
L. Maass
Dr. Sc. Agr.
Georg-August-University
Goettingen, Germany |
16
Aug. 2007 |
| What
happens when we go online? Shifting our practices for
web based collaboration |
Nancy
White
Communications Consulting
United States |
14
Aug. 2007 |
| Advances
in the process to evaluate the potential nutritional impact
of the consumption of high quality protein maize on the
Colombian population |
Yalina
Disla
Candidate to M.P.H.
Yale University
United States |
13
Aug. 2007 |
Mapping of nutrition
indicators for Latin America
(in Spanish, 1201 kb) |
Liliana
Vesga
Student of Nutrition and Dietetics
Universidad
Industrial de Santander
Fredy Monserrate
Student of Agricultural Engineering
Universidad
Nacional de Colombia
Bogotá Campus |
19
July 2007 |
| Prehispanic
societies of Colombia and their contribution to cultural
and agricultural development |
Francisco
Morales
Head
Virology Unit |
27
June 2007 |
Where should
biofortified crops be studied and disseminated in Colombia:
Diagnosis results of three regions of the country
(in Spanish, 245 kb) |
Sara
del Castillo
Pablo Bejarano
Patricia Heredia
Staff members of the "Colombian Foundation to Promote
Food and Nutritional Security"
Bogotá, Colombia |
21
June 2007 |
Global
initiative to empower countries in the use of Plant Genetic
Resources
(in Spanish, 1008 kb) |
Elcio
P. Guimarães
FAO
Italy |
1
June 2007 |
| Cassava's
potential for ethanol production: The case of Thailand |
Reinhardt
Howeler
Agronomist
Responsible for CIAT-Asia Cassava Program |
23
May 2007 |
| ¿Is
contract farming and appropiate vertical coordination
model for cassava in Vietnam? |
Tiago
Wandschneider
SADU Project
Hanoi, Vietnam |
18
May 2007 |
| ¿Can
cassava benefit smallholder farmers in South East Asia? |
Tin
Maung Aye
Cassava Project
Vientiane, Lao PDR |
18
May 2007 |
| Market
development and widespread adoption and impact of Integrated
Soil Fertility Management |
Jonas
Neankwo
CHINAU, PhD
TSBF-CIAT
Nairobi, Kenya
|
17
May 2007 |
Farmers'
bean seed quality concerns: Myth or reality?
(487 kb) |
Jean-Claude
Rubyogo
Beans/ECABREN/SABRN Project
Lilongwe, Malawi |
15
May 2007 |
| An
overview of research activities at National Institute
of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) in Japan |
Hiroaki
Saika
Ph.D.
Plant Genetic Engineering Research Unit
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Japan |
10
May 2007 |
| Effect
of mixtures of the legumes Calliandra calothyrsus,
Flemingia macrophylla, Cratylia argentea, and Vigna
unguiculata ensiled and made into hay on the parameters
of in vitro ruminal fermentation and milk production
in bovine cattle |
Laila
Cristina Bernal Bechara
Zootechnician
Student M.Sc. Agrarian Sciencies Animal Production in
the Tropics
Universidad
Nacional de Colombia - Palmira |
9
May 2007 |
New
approaches for sorghum and rice improvement: Using models
to integrate ideotype optimization, yrait phenotyping
and marker development
(1.9 Mb) |
Michael
Dingkuhn
Head, Integrative Modellin Unit
CIRAD
France |
25
Apr. 2007 |
| The
alliance of CGIAR Centers working together better and
stronger |
Kwesi
Attah-Krah
Deputy Director General
Bioversity
International |
14
Mar. 2007 |
Several implications of the International Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agricultural of
the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
(429 kb) |
Daniel Debouck
Head, Genetic Resources Unit
Germán Arias
Legal Adivisor
CIAT |
7
Mar. 2007 |
| Acid
soil adaptation in crops |
Walter
Horst
Professor
Director Institute of Plant Nutrition
Faculty of Natural Science
University
of Hannover
Germany |
5
Mar. 2007 |
| Update
on rice genomics at CIAT |
Mathias
Lorieux
Rice Breeder
IRD |
31
Jan. 2007 |
| Molecular
mechanism regulating root formation and our attempt to
improve root characteristics in rice |
Yoshiaki
Inukai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Plant Genetics and Breeding Laboratory
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Nagoya
University
Japan
Visiting Researcher at CIAT |
29
Jan. 2007 |
| Underutilized
Plant Genetic Resources |
Sam
Fujisaka, Boru Douthwaite, Michael Hermann, Andy Jarvis,
James Cock, Alonso Gonzalez & Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeldon |
24
Jan. 2007 |
| Tweaking
policies to address poverty and the environment in the
Eastern Brazilian Amazon |
Jan
Börner
Associate Researcher
CIM GTZ/BEAF Program
Brazil |
24
Jan. 2007 |
| Current
status of research on biological nitrification inhibition |
Osamu
Ito
Director Crop Production & Environment
JIRCAS |
23
Jan. 2007 |
| Use
of remote sensing and WebGIS in Australia and Asia, and
opportunities for South America |
Alex
Held
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
(CSIRO) |
15
Jan. 2007 |
|
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| Nonconventional
breeding to increase the nutritive value of cassava roots |
Paul
Chavarriaga
Research Associate
Use and Conservation of Genetic Resources Project |
13
Dec. 2006 |
| Effect
of aromatic plants on the growth and yield of tropical
crops |
Alex
Gustavo Pacheco Bustos
Candidate to Ph.D.
Ing. Agr. M.Sc
Bonn
University |
7
Dec. 2006 |
Tanniferous
shrub legumes: Their potential and limitations as livestock
feed in the tropics
(in Spanish, 2.14 Mb) |
Tassilo
Tiemann
Visiting Researcher
ETH Zurich,
Switzerland |
6
Dec. 2006 |
| How
to increase funding for operations and improve recruitment
and retention of competent researchers |
Lakshmi
Menon
Deputy Programme Manager (Corporate Systems)
Department for International Development, DFID
Ethiopia |
4
Dec. 2006 |
Genetic
diversity of the Colombian avocado collection
(in Spanish, 2.67 Mb) |
César
Ocampo
Research Assistant
Genetic Resources Unit |
29
Nov. 2006 |
| Root
exudation patterns in Brachiaria grasses: What
do they mean in understanding adaptation of Brachiaria
grasses |
Annabé
Low-Gaume
PhD Student Group of Plant Nutrition
ETH Zurich |
28
Nov. 2006 |
| The
CGIAR Media Unit and what it can do for you? |
Catherine
Mgendi
CGIAR Media Specialist
Based ILRI
Nairobi, Kenya |
27
Nov. 2006 |
Existing
vinasse treatments and other issues pertinent to alcohol
production
(in Spanish, 4.09 Mb) |
Nilson
Marriaga
Professor
Universidad
del Valle |
22
Nov. 2006 |
| Growth
of rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) under upland
conditions with different levels of water supply |
Yoichiro
Kato
PhD Student at Graduate School of Agriculture and Life
Sciences
University
of Tokyo |
17
Nov. 2006 |
| Apomixis
for cultivar development in tropical forage grasses |
John
Miles
Forage Breeder
Forages Project |
15
Nov. 2006 |
| An
update from Asia: Tigers, dragons, and dungeons |
Rod
Lefroy
Coordinator for Asia |
14
Nov. 2006 |
| Impact
pathways: An approach for understanding, fostering and
evaluating research-for-development outcomes |
Boru
Douthwaite
Rural Innovation Institute |
1
Nov. 2006 |
Central
America an the Caribbean:
A region where you really want to be? |
Axel
Schmidt
Regional Coordinator for Central America and the Caribbean |
31
Oct. 2006 |
| Agroecosystem
research: Who needs it, who does it...who pays? |
Simon E. Cook, Ph.D
Basin Focal Projects, Water and Food Challenge Program
Coordinator
Candidate to the position:
People and Agroecosystems RDC Leader
|
30
Oct. 2006 |
| So
do people really belong in agroecosystems? |
Roger Kirkby, Ph.D Regional Coordinator
for Africa
Candidate to the position:
People and Agroecosystems RDC Leader
|
27
Oct. 2006 |
| Enhancing
integration, innovation and impact |
Shaun Ferris, Ph.D
Project Manager of Rural Agro-enterprise Development
Project (RAeD)
Candidate to the position:
People and Agroecosystems RDC Leader
|
26
Oct. 2006 |
Work
and sexual harassment: A legal vision
(in Spanish, 2.25 Mb) |
Germán
Arias
Legal Adviser |
25
Oct. 2006 |
Quo
vadis: A vision for the People and Agroecosystems Research
for Development Challenge
|
Michael Peters, Ph.D
Tropical Forage Germplasm Specialist
Candidate to the position:
People and Agroecosystems RDC Leader
|
25
Oct. 2006 |
| Integrated
gene management: Processes and products |
Segenet Kelemu, Ph.D
Leader, Crop and Agroecosystem health Management
Candidate to the position:
Agrobiodiversity RDC Leader
|
24
Oct. 2006 |
| Urgent
choices: Linking innovation to delivery |
Joe Tohme, Ph.D
Leader of the Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project
Candidate to the position:
Agrobiodiversity RDC Leader
|
23
Oct. 2006 |
| Closing
the yield gap of irrigated rice in Latin America. Final
results of the IRGA-FUNDARROZ-CFC-FLAR Project |
Edward
Pulver
Consultant
FLAR |
19
Oct. 2006 |
| Deployment
of BT cotton and its acceptation by Colombian farmers |
Miguel
S. Serrano
Ph.D
Supervisor, TD&S
Compañía Agrícola Colombiana
The
Monsanto Company
Bogota, Colombia |
18
Oct. 2006 |
Sweet
potato production systems
(in Spanish, 2.74 Mb) |
Alvaro
Albán
Technician I, Production Systems Assistent
CLAYUCA |
18
Oct. 2006 |
| Biocombustibles |
Gérard
Goma
Regional
Delegate for Research and Technology
France |
12
Oct. 2006 |
| CGXchange,
Virtual Library, E-publishing, Project Manager, Knowledge
Sharing, Spatial Information CIAT's Involvement in the
ICT-KM Program: Analysis and Future Perspectives... |
Sam
Fujisaka, Agricultural Anthropologist
Glenn Hyman, Agricultural Geographer, Land Use Project
Edith Hesse, Head, Corporate Communications and Capacity
Strengthening Unit (CCC)
Carlos Meneses, Head, Information Systems Unit
Simone Staiger-Rivas, Knowledge Sharing Specialist, CCC |
11
Oct. 2006 |
| Applying
a holistic approach to solve pest problems |
Juan Manuel Alvarez
Assistant Professor
University
of Idaho
Aberdeen R & E Center
United States
Candidate to the position:
Entomologist (Beans-Crop and Agroecosystem
Health-Tropical Forages)
|
11
Oct. 2006 |
Differentiating
agricultural products based on their quality. concepts
and examples
(5.41 Mb) |
Thomas
Oberthür
Coordinator
Diversification Agriculture Project Alliance (DAPA) |
4
Oct. 2006 |
| Towards
a world without borders: Internationalization of the Institute
of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of
Florida |
David
J. Sammons, PhD
Director
International Programs
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) |
3
Oct. 2006 |
| Sustainable
development for the Humid Tropics: Where we are now and
where we are heading |
Dietrich
E. Leihner
Director
International PhD Programmes
Faculty of Agriculture
University
of Hohenheim |
29
Sep. 2006 |
Identification
of analog genes of resistance to cassava diseases
(in Spanish, 1.20 Mb) |
Germán
Llano
Research Associate
Cassava Plant Pathology
Cassava Project |
27
Sep. 2006 |
| Management
of cotton bollworm/legume pod borer, Helicoverpa Armigera:
Current status and strategies for future research |
Hari
C. Sharma
Principal Scientist - Entomology
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT)
India |
26
Sep. 2006 |
| Gene
flow in reproductive mode of Rhizoctonia solani
in Amazonian soils adjacent to agricultural soils |
Paulo
Ceresini
Institute of Plant Sciences and Phytopathology
Federal Institute of Technology -
ETH
Zurich, Switzerland |
22
Sep. 2006 |
Cassava-based
fuel alcohol: A vision, a business, and opportunity for
Colombia
(in Spanish, 1.69 Mb) |
Jaime
Jaramillo
Director Fuel Alcohol Project
Petrotesting
Colombia S.A. |
20
Sep. 2006 |
| Applied
plant pathology in the Genomics Era |
James
Correll
Professor
B.S. Plant Science
Pennsylvania
State University |
18
Sep. 2006 |
| Cassava:
An alternative to address new challenges of the national
livestock sector (in Spanish, 12.03 Mb) |
Jorge
Luis Gil
Technician I - Director Animal Environmental Adaptation
Systems using Cassava and Sweet Potato
CIAT-CLAYUCA |
13
Sep. 2006 |
| CGX
Change |
Enrica
Porcari
CGIAR-CIO |
12
Sep. 2006 |
Consumers
and genetically modified organisms: The case of cassava
(Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Northeastern Brazil
(in Spanish, 1.21 Mb) |
Carolina González
Economist, Research Assistant I
Spatial and Economic Analysis for Policy and Decision
Support
Candidate for PhD of the University
of Hohenheim
|
6
Sep. 2006 |
| Plant
biodiversity and soil macrofauna in the Amazon region:
Effect of earthworms on plant growth |
Sebastiene
Barot
IRD
Paris, France |
6
July 2006 |
| Bamboos
of the Americas |
Ximena
Londoño de la Pava
President
Association of Bamboo Growers |
28
June 2006 |
| Malpelo:
A refuge for sea birds in Colombia |
Mateo
López
Marine Biologist
INVEMAR |
22
June 2006 |
| Water
and people in Hillside areas: Combining social and biophysical
data (3.09 Mb) |
Jorge
Rubiano
Proyecto Uso de la Tierra |
21
June 2006 |
Competitiveness of the tropics for maize production
(in Spanish, 3.46 Mb) |
Luis
A. Narro
Regional Director
CIMMYT-CIAT |
14
June 2006 |
Evolutionary
genomics of rice: The impact of selection during crop
domestication
(4.03 Mb) |
Kenneth
M. Olsen
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Washington
University |
7
June 2006 |
Ecological
restoration of rural landscapes
(in Spanish, 12.7 Mb) |
William
Vargas
Agronomist
Instituto
Humboldt |
31
May 2006 |
Bioregion
strategy Valley of the Cauca
(in Spanish, 616 kb) |
Myriam
Sánchez
Director
Corporación
BIOTEC |
24
May 2006 |
| Earthworms
and soil-dwelling insects in the Quesungual Agroforestry
System of Southern Honduras: Distribution patterns and
implications for management |
Natasha
Pauli
Visiting Researcher, Land Use Project
TSBF-CIAT
University
of Western Australia |
10
May 2006 |
| ILRI
in Central America: Future and present activities |
Edwin
Perez
Coordinator
ILRI in Central America |
3
May 2006 |
| Benefits
of isotope hydrology to understanding watershed hydrology |
Markus
Weiler
Faculty of Forestry
University of British Columbia
Vancouver - Canada |
28
Apr. 2006 |
Information management
system for agricultural high value product supply chains
(612 kb) |
Norbert
Niederhauser
Research Fellow
Information Management for the Diversification Agriculture
Project Alliance (DAPA)
Land Use Project |
26
Apr. 2006 |
| Environmental
drivers of plant/crop variability |
Andy
Jarvis
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
|
25
Apr. 2006 |
Development
and identification of high-value cassava clones
(5.87 Mb) |
Hernán
Ceballos
Project Manager, Cassava Improvement for the Developing
World |
19
Apr. 2006 |
Free Trade Agreement in Colombia
(in Spanish, 378 kb) |
Ramiro
Tafur
President - SAG |
5
Apr. 2006 |
High
value crop research at ICIPE: Experiencies prospects
(1.40 Mb) |
Bernhard
Lohr
Head
Horticulture Programme
ICIPE |
29
Mar. 2006 |
Sustainable
bioenergy chains: The added value of anaereobic digestion
to biomass chains
(in Spanish, 5.85 Mb) |
Claudia
Patricia Pabón
PhD Student
Wageningen University |
22
Mar. 2006 |
Scenes
of the production of ethanol in Colombia
(in Spanish, 379 kb) |
José
Gonzalo Gnecco
Sucromiles |
15
Mar. 2006 |
Formulation
of Rural Development Programs based on Participatory Territorial
Planning Methodologies. CIAT-INCODER Agreement
(in Spanish, 5.46 Mb) |
Rogelio
Pineda
Coordinator, Rural Planning and Territorial Development
Group |
8
Mar. 2006 |
Rural
innovation and livelihoods: Modes of intervention in hillside
communities of Latin America
(in Spanish, 905 kb) |
Verónica
Gottret
Economist (M.Sc.) and Candidate to Ph.D. Development
Rural Innovation |
1
Mar. 2006 |
| Bridging
the gap between humans and technology: User Centered Technologies
Research (UCT) |
Walter
Ritter
User Centered Technologies Research, UCT
Dornbirn - Austria
Visiting Researcher
Land Use Project |
23
Feb. 2006 |
Passion
fruit in Colombia: Diversity and potential as genetic
resources
(in Spanish, 4.07 Mb) |
John
A. Ocampo
Visiting Scientist - PhD Student
University
of Montpellier II - Graduate School of Agronomy
Bioversity International - Passiflora Biodiversity |
22
Feb. 2006 |
Legislation
and environment
(in Spanish, 533 kb) |
Juan
Carlos Ucros
Partner - Director Environmental Area
MIA - Abogados
Bogota |
15
Feb. 2006 |
| Absorption
and Transports of Iron and Zinc in Plants: A Molecular
Approach |
Motofumi
Suzuki
PhD student,
University
of Tokio
Japan
Visiting Researcher, Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology
Project |
14
Feb. 2006 |
| In
situ Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: A UNEP-GEF project |
Anie
Lane
Scientist Global Project Coordinator Crop Wild Relatives
Rome |
13
Feb. 2006 |
Challenges
and Opportunities to Achieve an Environmentally Sound,
Socially Fair, and Economically Viable Agriculture in
Latin America
(in Spanish, 13.56 Mb) |
Miguel
A. Altieri
Professor
University
of California at Berkeley
USA |
8
Feb. 2006 |
How
to catalyze the participation of rural smallholders in
the market: Forage legumes for on-farm swine and poultry
production and for the feed industry
(in Spanish, 43 kb) |
Douglas
White
Land Management Project
Michael Peters
Tropical Grasses and Legumes Project |
1
Feb. 2006 |
Morpho-Physiological
Characteristics in Rice Related to Drought Adaptation
Mechanisms in Oryza glaberrima, Oryza sativa
and Nerica
(861 kb) |
Alain
Audebert
Eco-physiologist of CIRAD-CA
Research Unit: Rice Breeding Management
Montpellier, France |
25
Jan. 2006 |
Coffee,
agricultural intensification, and landscape change in
Colombia, 1970-2002
(in Spanish, 1.07 Mb) |
Andrés
Guhl
Assistant Professor
Universidad
de los Andes
Colombia |
18
Jan. 2006 |
|
|
| Molecular
Characterization of Boron Transporters in Arabidopsis
Thaliana |
Kyoko
Miwa
Ph.D. Student of Molecular Biology
University
of Tokyo
Japan |
14
Dec. 2005 |
| Preparing
Baby Foods to Prevent Iron Deficiencies |
Helena Pachón
Ph.D. in Human Nutrition
University
of Cornell
Candidate to the position:
Human Nutritionist
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project
|
7
Dec. 2005 |
| Management
Tools as Biodiversity Conservation Strategy in Rural Andean
Landscapes |
Fabio
H. Lozano Z.
Rural Landscapes
Instituo
Alexander von Humboldt |
7
Dec. 2005 |
| The
Pathways to Scaling Up. The New Science and Development
Resource Unit |
Jorge
A. Saravia
Head
Science and Development Resource Unit |
23
Nov. 2005 |
| Impact
of Participatory Natural Resource Management Research
in Cassava-Based Cropping Systems in Vietnam and Thailand |
Nancy
Johnson
Project Manager
Impact Assessment |
16
Nov. 2005 |
| Designing
Weather Insurance for Small Scale Producers |
Jacqueline
Diaz Nieto
Consulting
Land Use Project
Mark Lundy
Rural Agroenterprise Development Project |
2
Nov. 2005 |
| Main
Pre-Hispanic Cultures of Latin America: Their History,
Agriculture, and Sociocultural Development |
Francisco
Morales |
26
Oct. 2005 |
| Advances
in Positional Cloning of the CMD2 Gene Conferring Resistance
to Cassava Mosaic Disease |
Martha
Isabel Moreno
Assistant I
Cassava Genetics |
12
Oct. 2005 |
| CGIAR
Financial Information |
Juan
Antonio Garafulic
Finance Director |
28
Sep. 2005 |
| Communications
Unit: Its Evolution and New Tools |
Julio
Martínez
Graphic Arts Unit |
21
Sep. 2005 |
| Agricultural
water, poverty, partners and river basins: The first two
years of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food |
Jonathan
Woolley
Coordinator
Challenge Program on Water and Food |
14
Sep. 2005 |
| Fruits and Fruit
Growing in Colombia (Status of Native Fruits and Fruit
Growing in Colombia) |
Emilio Constantino
Chuaire
Specialist in Tropical Fruit Growing
University
of Florida
|
7 Sep. 2005
|
| Tissues Collections |
Angelique Corthals,
PhD
Biological Anthropologist (specialized in Egypt and
the Middle East; Egyptologist) Division of Invertebrate
Zoology
Curatorial Associate Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection
(AMCC) American
Museum of Natural History
USA
|
2 Sep. 2005
|
| Consortia for innovation
and competitiveness: relationship between the academic
community and the industry |
Leonel González
Associate Researcher
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Mexico Campus
|
2 Aug. 2005
|
| Vision and perspectives
of the Agronatura Science Park |
Luis Roberto Sanint
Candidate to the
position:
Director of the Agronatura Science Park
|
14 July 2005 |
| Vision and perspectives
of the Agronatura Science Park |
Rafael Posada
Candidate to the
position:
Director of the Agronatura Science Park
|
14 July 2005 |
| Genetics of the Conservation
of Oak in Colombia |
Juan Diego Palacio
Mejía
Alexander
von Humboldt Institute |
29 June 2005 |
| Molecular Characterization
of Fungi Associated with Symptoms of Rice Pod Blight |
Fabio Escobar
Research Assistant
Rice Pathology Laboratory
Rice Project |
22 June 2005 |
| Tools for Rice Genetics
and Genomics |
Mathias Lorieux
Rice Breeder
French Institute of Research for Development (IRD) |
15 June 2005 |
| Genetic Mapping of
ESTs in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) related to
its Defense Response to Bacterial Blight |
Lina María Quesada
Biology candidate
Universidad
de los Andes
Colombia |
14 June 2005 |
| Local Agricultural
Innovation in Cuba and Mexico: Upstream and Downstream |
Humberto Ríos
Coordinator of Participatory Plant Breeding
National
Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Cuba |
25 May 2005 |
| Predictive
Soil Modelling for Fine-Scale Mapping of Soil variables
in Honduras |
Juan
Pablo González
Statistical and Mathematical Modeller
Carnegie
Mellon University
USA |
24
May 2005 |
| Wireless
technology, a research tool |
Carlos
Menéses
Head of Informatics Technology |
18
May 2005 |
| Optimizing
the Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation Protocol
in Cassava, using Friable Embryogenic Calli |
Hugo
Arley Jaimes
Undergraduate Student
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Proyect |
11
May 2005 |
| Isolation
and Characterization of Specific Expression Sequences
in Cassava Roots |
Felipe
Sarmiento
Undergraduate Student
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project |
4
May 2005 |
| How do we work at
CIAT? How do we live in Cali and in Colombia? Cultural
Orientation Multimedia: An important step toward managing
our diversity |
Fabiola Amariles
CIAT/CGIAR Gender and Diversity Program |
27 Apr. 2005 |
| Common Solid Wastes
Management Program of the International Center of Tropical
Agriculture |
Luz Dary Castellanos
Environmental Engineer
National
University
Palmira, Colombia |
20 Apr. 2005 |
| Current scenario
of the Bolivian Agricultural Technology System (SIBTA)
and opportunities of collaboration with CIAT in Bolivia |
Ricardo Alem
Director PSyE
Fundación Valles - Bolivia |
7 Apr. 2005 |
National
Fruit Exportation Plan
The goal of this plan, supported by the Vice-Presidency
of the Republic of Colombia, is that, in 10 years, Colombia
should be exporting fruits and vegetables for a value
of 10,000 million pesos per year |
Ramiro
Tafur
President
Society of Farmers and Livestock Producers of Valle del
Cauca |
6
Apr. 2005 |
| The
Humboldt Institute and the Innclusion of the Genetic Dimension
in the Study of Colombia's Biodiversity |
Juan
Diego Palacio Mejía
Researcher, Tissue Bank/Molecular Biology Laboratory
Biological
Resources Research Institute, Alexander von Humboldt |
30
Mar. 2005 |
"GEOSOIL"
Geo-referenced System of Soil Quality Indicators |
Yolanda Rubiano Sanabria
CIAT/Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of
Colombial/University of Colombia |
16 Mar. 2005 |
Lulo, a contribution
to the Understanding of Genetic Diversity in Tropical
Fruits
This research was conducted to fulfill a M.Sc. requisite,
Universidad Nacional - Palmira, under the directio of
Inés Sánchez |
Paola A. Fory
Research Assistant III
Pathology Forages
Inés Sánchez
Population Genetist Ph.D.
University of Paris VII
Visiting Researcher
CORPOICA |
9 Mar. 2005 |
| Comparing the Altillanura
of the municipality of Puerto López (Colombia) with that
of Uberlandia (Brazil) in terms of Geology, Geomorphology,
Soils and Soil Use, and Natural Vegetation cover |
Maryori Rodríguez
Consultant |
2 Mar. 2005 |
| Recent Advances in
Nitrification Inhibition Research |
Gunthur Subbarao
Visiting Scientist
Senior Scientist
Division of Crop Production and Environment
JIRCAS, Japan |
25 Feb. 2005 |
| Alcohol: Biofuel.
An Alternative Use of Sugar Cane |
Alvaro Amaya
General Director
CENICAÑA |
23 Feb. 2005 |
| Past and Future Experiencies |
Ricardo A. Radulovich
Professor of Water Science
University
of Costa Rica
Costa Rica |
22 Feb. 2005 |
| Tropical Journey |
Alonso González,
Ph.D.
Senior Horticulturist
Department of Business, Industry and Resources Development,
DBIRD
Australia |
22 Feb. 2005 |
| Product Development:
from the Genes to the Market Shelves |
Carlos A. Iglesias
Hybrid Research Director
Weaver
Popcorn Company
United States |
22 Feb. 2005 |
| Regulation
of Iron Nutrition in Graminaseous Plants |
Yuko
Ogo
Japan-CGIAR Fellow
Ph.D. Candidate at Tokyo
University |
17
Feb. 2005 |
| Association of a
Virus of the Reoviridae family with Frogskin in Cassava |
Lee Calvert
Project Leader
Rice Improvement for Latin America and the Caribbean |
16 Feb. 2005 |
| Global data on topography,
climate, and soils: Drivers of Agricultural and Environmental
Systems |
Andy Jarvis
Posdoctoral Research Fellow
Land Use Project |
9 Feb. 2005 |
| Interpersonal relationships
between men and women, providing a better understanding
of the role of each gender, and their different working
styles |
Florence Thomas
Psychologist
MSc. Social Psychology
Professor Emeritus of the Universidad
Nacional de Colombia
Bogotá D.C. |
2 Feb. 2005 |
| A Story of Two Markers:
Microsatellites (SSR) versus Diversity Microarrangements
(DarT) in the Analysis of Structural Diversity in Cassava
(Manihot esculenta Crantz) |
Paula Ximena Hurtado
López
Research Assistant
Microbiologist, MSc in Plant Molecular Biology
Cassava Genetics Project |
26 Jan. 2005 |
| Management of High
Rice Productivity |
Edward Pulver
Agricultural, Ph.D.
Principal Agricultural
Project CFC-FLAR |
19 Jan. 2005 |
| Rice is Life |
Luis Roberto Sanint
Agricultural Economist, Ph.D
Executive Director
FLAR |
17 Jan. 2005 |
| Regionalisation
of socio-economic parameters: A GIS model approach for
priority setting and targeting of innovations in rural
systems |
Peter
Lentes
Ph.D. Candidate, Agricultural Economics
University
of Hohenheim |
13
Jan. 2005 |
|
|
| Risk
Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): The
Case of Bt Cotton |
Claudia
Marcel Ospina
Student in Practice I
Jairo Rodríguez Chalarca
Research Assistant
Coordinator of the project Evaluating the Impact of Biotechnology
on Biodiversity |
15
Dec. 2004 |
| The
Gender Dimensions of Poverty: Responding to the Challenges |
Barun
Gurung
Senior Research Fellow
Candidate for the position of Senior -
PRGA |
11
Dec. 2004 |
| Participatory
Monitoring and Evaluation for Strengthening Learning,
Self-reflection and Change |
Susan
Kaaria
Senior Research Fellow
Candidate for the position of Senior Scientist |
7
Dec.
2004 |
| Improving
Farmers Decision making for Increasing Food Security and
Market Orientation |
Robert
Delve
Soil Scientist
CIAT-Africa |
6
Dec. 2004 |
| The
Renaissance of the Orinoco River Savannahs: A Colombian
Mega Project for the World |
Carlos
Gustavo Cano,
Minister
of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia |
3
Dec. 2004 |
| Issues
and Lessons Learned through Distance Education Initiatives |
Edith
Hesse
Head
Information and Capacity Strengthening Unit (InforCap) |
24
Nov. 2004 |
| Is
it worthwhile to recover degraded pastures? The viewpoint
of producers and extension workers in Honduras |
Federico
Holmann
Livestock Economist
CIAT-ILRI |
17
Nov. 2004 |
| Impact
Assessment at CIAT and the Conceptual Framework of the
BP1 Project |
Nancy
Johnson
Project Manager
Impact Assessment |
3
Nov. 2004 |
| Rice
Breeding for Temperate South America |
Maribel
Cruz
Research Assistant
FLAR |
27
Oct. 2004 |
| Diversity
of Passifloraceae and Caricaceae in Colombia: Advances
in Cytogenetics, Palynology and Anatomy |
Creucí
Maria Caetano Ph.D. in Plant Cytogenetics and Expert in
Passifloraceae and Caricaceae - Bioversity
International |
20
Oct. 2004 |
| One
Staff Approach at IWMI |
Frank
Rijsmerman
Director General
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Sri Lanka |
19
Oct. 2004 |
| Why
is it so difficult for us to think about cultural diversity? |
Zayda
Sierra
PhD in Educational Psychology
University
of Georgia |
14
Oct. 2004 |
| Weed
dynamics in maize planted in anthropogenic black soil
and in adjacent soils of Brazil's Central Amazon Region |
Julie
Major
Visiting Researcher
Soils Project |
13
Oct. 2004 |
| Information
Systems: Achievements and Vision |
Carlos
Meneses
Head, Systems Unit |
11
Oct. 2004 |
| Project
Manager and Project Documentation Center: An Integrated
Solution to Manage Research Projects |
Manuel
Arturo Franco
Research Database Manager
|
6
Oct. 2004 |
Cuba's
Institute of Animal Sciences
ICA |
Maria
Felicia Díaz Sánchez
Head
Department of Pastures and Forages
Manuel Valdivié
Head
Department of Poultry and Swine
Institute of Animal Sciences (ICA)
Cuba |
2
Oct. 2004 |
| International
Treaty on Genetic Resources |
Shawn
Sullivan
Head of Corporate Legal Services
Intelectual Property Unit
CIMMYT |
30
Sep. 2004 |
| Paying
for Environmental Services: A Strategy to Integrate Research
with Development |
Jorge
Rubiano
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Land Use
Marcela Quintero
Research Assistant, Andean Watersheds Project (CONDESAN-GTZ)
Ernesto Girón
Research Assistant, Andean Watersheds Project (CONDESAN-GTZ) |
29
Sep. 2004 |
| Scientific
activities carried out by the Marine and Coastal Research
Institute (INVEMAR) and its association to the Agronatura
Park |
Carlos
Pinilla
Regional Director
Pacific Branch
INVEMAR |
22
Sep. 2004 |
| Seeds,
Scientists and Sustenance: Plant Genetic Engineering and
the Interaction between Science, Social Issues and Interest
Groups in Global Context |
Christina
Holmes, MA
PhD Candidate Bioethics Department
Dalhousie
University
Canada |
15
Sep. 2004 |
| Cratylia
argentea, a multi-purpose shrub legume for areas with
prolonged drought |
Patricia
Ávila Vargas
Camilo Hernandez Plazas
Research Assistants
Tropical Forages |
8
Sep. 2004 |
| Carbon
Sequestration in Pasture, Agro-pastoral and Silvo-pastoral
Systems in the American Tropical Forest Ecosystem:
3 year Research Results |
Maria
Cristina Amézquita, Ph.D.
Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
Project Scientific Director |
1
Sep. 2004 |
| Two
halophytes: Two Strategies |
Balasubramanian
Ramani
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute
for Botany University of Hannover
Germany |
4
Aug. 2004 |
| The
CIAT Supercomputer: The Message Passing Interface
to Parallel Computing |
Peter
G. Jones
Land Use Consultant |
30
June 2004 |
| Update
on the Information and Communication Technology-Knowledge
Management (ICT-KM) Program in the CGIAR |
Douglas
Horton
Coordinator of CGIAR the Knowledge Management and Sharing
Project (CIAT) and also of the Institutional Learning
and Change Initiative ILAC (Bioversity International )
David Balson
Was Director of Bellanet
and currently an independent Consultant Working in
the Fields of Information and Communication Technology,
Knowledge Management and Sharing |
24
June 2004 |
| CIMMYT
in Latin America: A Partner in Science for Development |
Kevin
V. Pixley
Director
Tropical Ecosystems Program CIMMYT |
23
June 2004 |
| Developing
a Web-based Information System using a Site-Specific Agricultural
Approach |
Camilo
H. Isaacs E.
Head
Technical Cooperation and Technology Transfer Services
CENICAÑA |
16
June 2004 |
| Innovations
in water management: Communities and Watersheds
CIAT-UBC |
Sandra
Brown, Maria Cecilia, and Hans Schreier
Communities and Watersheds Project |
9
June 2004 |
| Risk
Assessment Process |
John
Fitzsimon
Director of the CGIAR Internal Audit Unit |
8
June 2004 |
| CIMMYT's
Program for South America within CIMMYT's New Strategy |
Luis
Narro
Coordinator Regional
CIMMYT |
2
June 2004 |
| Using
Informatic Technology to Support CIAT's Institutional
Memory |
Luis
Fernando Cruz
Head Administrative Systems
Arturo Franco
Head Research Data Bases
Information Systems Unit |
26
May 2004 |
| The
Technical and Management Challenges of Coordinating the
Breeding Programs for HarvestPlus |
Pedro
Brajcich Gallegos
General Manager and Technical Advisor
Candidate to the position:
HarvestPlus-CIAT |
25
May 2004 |
| Participatory
Plant Breeding: getting the right varieties to farmers
faster |
Stefania
Grando
Barley Breeder, Barley Project Manager, Germplasm Program
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria
Candidate to the position: HarvestPlus-CIAT |
25
May 2004 |
| Advances
in the Adaptation of Common Beans and Brachiaria to Acid
Soils |
Idupulapati
Rao
Plant Nutritionist
Soils/Beans/Forages Projects |
19
May 2004 |
| Soil
Fauna and Ecosystem Services: Theoretical and Practical
Issues |
Elena
Velásquez
PhD Student
CIAT/IRD |
14
May 2004 |
| Public-Private
Alliances for Innovation: A Mechanism for Building
Value Chains and for Competing |
Jaime
Tola
Project Coordinator
Public-Private Alliances for Agroindustrial Research
ISNAR Program
IFPRI
Maria Verónica Gottret
Visiting Researcher CIAT, and Project Consultant
Public-Private Alliances for Agroindustrial Research
ISNAR Program
IFPRI |
5
May 2004 |
| Words
and Ideas |
Peter
Doyle
Words
& Ideas
Bogota - Colombia |
30
Apr. 2004 |
Updates
of the Human Resources Project CGIAR
Performances Indicators as Management Tools |
Nelloi
P. Rajasekharan
Director Strategy Advisory Services for Human Resources
CGIAR
Mexico |
29
Apr. 2004 |
| The
Feasibility of Offering Weather Insurance to Poor Farmers |
Simon
Cook
Project Manager
Land Use Project |
28
Apr. 2004 |
| Public-Private
Alliances for Agroindustrial Research in Colombia |
Nancy
Johnson
Carolina González
Impact Assessment Project |
21
Apr. 2004 |
| Strategies
for Improving and Conserving Soils in the Eastern Plains
(Llanos Orientales) |
Marcela
Quintero
Ecologist, Research Assistant, CONDENSAN and Rural Planning
Program, CIAT-IIR
Yolanda Rubiano
Agrologist, Candidate Ph.D. Universidad Nacional,
Professional Specialist, Soils and Rural Planning programs,
CIAT-IIR
Edgar Amézquita C.
Soil physicist, CIAT-TSBF Soils Program |
14
Apr. 2004 |
| Genetic
Improvement of Cultured Shrimp |
James
Cock
Leader, Tropical Fruits Project |
31
Mar. 2004 |
| Plant
Extracts of Agricultural Use: Sustainable and Efficient
Technologies for Integrated Pest Management in Flowers
Grown for Cutting |
Nicolás
Cock Duque
M.A. in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Manager,
Ecoflora
Ltda. |
24
Mar. 2004 |
| Love
is in the Air (Semiochemicals) |
Peter
Witzgall
Chemical Ecology Group
Section Integrated Pest Management
Swedish
Agricultural University |
18
Mar. 2004 |
| Preliminary
Studies on the Isolation and Cloning of Resistant Genes
to Pyricularia grisea in Rice, using the Positional Cloning
Strategy |
Gerardo
Gallego
Lab Coordinator
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project |
17
Mar. 2004 |
| Increasing
Importance of the B Biotype of Bemisia tabaci in Valle
del Cauca |
Isaura
Rodríguez
Research Assistant II Bean Entomology Program |
10
Mar. 2004 |
| Studies
of Genetic Diversity in the Colombian Palm Species Ceroxylon
sasaimae, Ceroxylon alpinum, and Attalea amygdalina, using
Microsatellite Markers |
Eliana
Gaitán
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project |
5
Mar. 2004 |
| How
Are We? How Do We Think? How Do We Work at CIAT? |
Fabiola
Amariles
Economist
Impact Assessment Project
Gustavo Peralta
Head
Human Resources |
3
Mar. 2004 |
| Detection
of Microsatellite Markers Associated with the Resistance
to Cassava Bacterial Blight |
Paula
Hurtado
Research Assistant
Cassava Project |
25
Feb. 2004 |
| The
international program of the University of Florida |
Michael
Martin,
Vice-President
University
of Florida, USA |
23
Feb. 2004 |
| Nitrification
inhibition in tropical Grasses: Recent advances in collaborative
research between JIRCAS and CIAT |
Gunthur
Subbarao,
JIRCAS,
Japan |
20
Feb. 2004 |
| New
copyright regulations - Implications for CIAT and Agronatura |
Edith
Hesse,
Head, Information and Documentation Unit/Library |
18
Feb. 2004 |
| Functional
genomics in the study of vascular bacteriosis in cassava |
Mauricio
Soto,
Research Assistant
Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project |
11
Feb. 2004 |
| Selection
and strategic use of multipurpose forage germplasm for
Central America |
Luis
Horacio Franco,
Agricultural Engineer Tropical Forages |
4
Feb. 2004 |
| Human
Resources perspectives and trends in CGIAR |
Nellooli
P. Rajasekharan
Director
Strategic Advisory Services for Human Resources, CGIAR
Mexico |
29
Jan. 2004 |
| Methods
for achieving the integral improvement of soils in the
Eastern Plains |
Phanor
Hoyos,
Zootechnician
Researcher, Soils Group |
28
Jan. 2004 |
| Advances
in molecular-assisted cassava improvement at CIAT |
Edgard
Barrera,
Genetic Biologist
Cassava Genetics |
21
Jan. 2004 |
| Basic
biological and ecological aspects of the grub phenomenon
in Colombia |
Luis
Carlos Pardo,
Research Assitant
Subterranean
Soil Pests Project |
14
Jan. 2004 |
|
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| Soil
quality and ecosystem services |
Patric
Lavelle
IRD,
France |
17
Dec. 2003 |
| Leadership
and gender: Research findings |
Mercedes
Mejía
Coordinator of Human Resources Development Human Resources
Office |
10
Dec. 2003 |
| Participatory
procedures for multipurpose forages grown in hillside
areas of Central America |
Rein Van Der Hoek
PhD Candidate University
of Hohenheim CIAT/ Tropical Forages |
19
Nov. 2003 |
| Building
Agronatura's strategic plan |
Kathryn
Laing
Senior Research Fellow |
14
Nov. 2003 |
| Diversity
of Rhizobium and other nitrogen fixers associated with
plants |
Patricia
Martínez
Biomedical Research |
14
Nov. 2003 |
| "Terra
Preta de Indio in the Amazon": Pre-historic curio
or future Land-use model? |
Johannes
Lehmann
Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility Management and Soil
Biogeochemistry Cornell
University
USA |
13
Nov. 2003 |
| Use
of forage shrub legumes to improve soils and feed cattle |
Karen
Tscherning Visiting Researcher, PhD Thesis University
of Hohenheim |
5
Nov. 2003 |
| Tropical
pastures: Gathered together in one single volume |
Belisario
Hincapié, Research Assistant, Tropical Forage Legumes
and Grasses Program |
12
Nov. 2003 |
| Bases
for case studies on capacity development |
Vicente
Zapata
Senior Research Fellow
Communities
and Watersheds and IPRA
|
29
Oct. 2003 |
| Agricultural
research in Latin America: History, evolution, and current
status |
Francisco
Morales
Virologist
Tropical
Whitefly Project |
22
Oct. 2003 |
| Rural
agroenterprise development: The role and research agenda
of an international research centre |
George
Murray
Director
The Mahaweli Consolidation Project
Sri Lanka |
16
Oct. 2003 |
| Meeting
the global to local marketing challenge: The role
and research agenda of an international research centre |
Shaun
Ferris
Regional Research Manager (Agroenterprise Specialist)
ASARECA,
Foodnet
Network
Kampala, Uganda |
15
Oct. 2003 |
| Case
Study of some consequences of land use change int he central
lowlands of tropical South America |
Myles
Fisher
Consultant |
15
Oct. 2003 |
| Health
research at IDRC |
Christian
Zarowsky
Senior Health Advisor IDRC
Canada |
9
Oct. 2003 |
| Identifying
genes induced during the defense response of Brachiaria
to spittlebug |
Catalina
Romero Aristizábal
Research Assistant
Tropical Forages |
8
Oct. 2003 |
| Inforcauca: Results
of a pilot community telecenter project |
Olga
Patricia Paz
Journalism Colnodo
Nathan Russell
Head
Communications Unit |
1
Oct. 2003 |
| Technology
adoption by low-resource farmers: the history of
the Amazon region |
Douglas
White
Land Use Project |
24
Sep. 2003 |
| Tapping
strengths: Analyzing the case of the Biotec Corporation
in the CIAT Science Park "Agronatura" |
Myriam
Sánchez M.
Director
Biotec
Corporation |
17
Sep. 2003 |
| Environmental
and agricultural future of the Cauca River Valley - Part
1 |
Douglas
R. Laing |
10
Sep. 2003 |
| Biological
control of larger grain borer & maize stem borer in
Africa and IPM |
Christian
Borgemeister
Professor in Entomology
Hannover
University
Institute of Plant Protection and Plant Diseases (IPP),
Germany |
3
Sep. 2003
|
| Palms,
pastures and swidden fields in the eastern Amazon: Prospects
for improved livelihood systems, and potential research
target for the Amazon Consortium |
Roberto
Porro, Natural Resource Policy Specialist, CIAT - ICRAF,
Embrapa Amazonia Oriental |
19
July 2003 |
| Ecological
pathway to promote reforestation using an Internet-based
tool |
Guido
Trujillo
"Pescador de Flores" Foundation
Plegables de la Fundación Pescador
de Flores:
1 (250 kb),
2 (307 kb) |
7
July 2003 |
| Information
and communication technologies: Knowledge management directions |
Enrica
M. Porcari
Chief Information Officer
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
c/o Worldfish Center |
27
June 2003 |
| Bioindicators
of soil quality: A challenge |
Elena
Velásquez
Research Assistant
TSBF Institute of CIAT |
25
June 2003 |
| Use
of entomopathogenic nematodes in the biological control
of pests in Europe |
Profesor
Ralf-Udo Ehlers
Universität Kiel
Germany |
19
June 2003 |
| The
value of information: How to incorporate local knowledge,
expert knowledge, and existing data to support small farmers'
decision making. The example of GEMS |
Rachel
O'Brien
Visiting Scientist
Land Use Project |
18
June 2003 |
| The
Quesungual System: Challenges and opportunities for collaborative
research |
Edmundo
Barrios
Soil ecologist
Team Leader TSBF-Latin
America, Colombia |
11
June 2003 |
| Advances
in the molecular characterization of the genetic variability
of Soursop (Annona muricata L.) and other related
Annonaceae species of horticultural importance |
Nelson
Royero
Corporación
BIOTEC |
4
June 2003 |
