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 The
Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility institute of the International
Center for Tropical Agriculture (TSBF CIAT) continues to be
an excellent research center in soil fertility in the tropics.
TSBF-CIAT research focus primarily on strategic research,
but it is ready to conducts research for development with
partners via regional networks and global projects. Research
for development activities are conducted in close collaboration
with a range of partners including NARES, ARIs, Universities,
NGOs and farmer groups/communities throughout Sub-Saharan
Africa, Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua) and South America
(Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia).
In recent years this research has focused on a paradigm of
Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM). Various success
stories emanating from the TSBF research in the region can
be identified. Over the years TSBF, through the African Network
for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet)
and the Below
Ground Biodiversity Program have successfully contributed
to the capacity building of African scientists by organizing
various courses in participatory research and scaling up,
gender analysis modeling, carbon sequestration and below ground
biodiversity.
This issue of the The Comminutor is dedicated to highlighting
past key research issues of TSBF.
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