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Fundaciat Holds its First Executive Council Meeting
The first task its Executive Council had to face as a team was to specify the Foundation's mission, potential, challenges, and scope. The Council held its inaugural session on Thursday, 9 September 2010, at CIAT's facilities in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. More...

Seminar on Biodiversity, Biotrade, and Sustainable Development
More than 80 participants attended this key event held 21 May 2010 to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. In addition to CIAT staff, representatives of local universities, NGOs, the Colombian government, and the private sector participated in the Seminar and had the opportunity to listen to recognized speakers, ask questions, and contribute to rethink and discuss a key theme—biodiversity.

See presentations:

Daniel Debouck (CIAT):
Make a safe investment ... conserve! (in Spanish)
John Bejarano (Fondo Biocomercio): Biotrade: opportunity and challenges for a common future in Colombia
Matthias Jager (Bioversity International):
How to link agricultural biodiversity with high-value markets: opportunities, challenges, and success factors (in Spanish)
Ana Milena Gutiérrez (Corporación Biotec):
In vitro clonal propagation of soursop (Annona muricata L.) plants using cyclic micro-grafting (in Spanish)

Rethinking Agronatura
workshop rethinking agronatura The seminar "Rethinking Agronatura" was held on 15 April 2010 under the leadership of consultants Luís Arango-Nieto and Eduardo Trigo. The event served as a space to analyze the meaning and role of the Center's Agronatura Science Park and its future projections, especially in Latin America.

See presentations:

Luis Arango-Nieto (in Spanish)
Eduardo Trigo (in Spanish)

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Corporación Biotec: 15 years contributing to the development
of western Colombia
Established 15 years ago, on 6 February 1995, the Corporación Biotec emerged within the framework of Colombia's Law on Science and Technology in response to the challenge of contributing to the competitiveness of national and regional agriculture, agribusiness, and bioindustry from research, technology development, and innovation. Sponsored by the Universidad del Valle, the corporation has 32 members of the academic, governmental, and business sectors as well as the civil society. More...

The Agronatura Science Park welcomes CODER
The Agronatura Scientific Park is formed by institutions that are dedicated to research and development activities, complementing and sharing CIAT’s mission. To help strengthen this mission, COD (Corporation for Rural Business Development) is incorporated into the Park, as from January 2010. More...