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Curso-Taller: Sistemas de Semillas Curso-Taller: Sistemas de Semillas

Para promover el uso de más y mejores semillas, la Plataforma de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades en Sistemas de Semilla en América Latina y el Caribe realizará, en las instalaciones del CIAT, Cali Colombia, entre el 21 y el 26 de Octubre de 2013 el Curso-Taller “Sistemas de Semillas: Principios organizacionales, tecnológicos y biológicos en el manejo moderno de semillas de alta calidad”.

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Our group works to enhance the impact of collaborative agricultural research through effective adoption and adaptation of research results. We put a human face on agricultural research, considering it a sine qua non condition for achieving effective adoption and adaptation of research results Areas of intervention include knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, as well as the strengthening of institutional and individual capacities. We are part of CIAT.s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) research area, and we work with CIAT, CGIAR research program staff and their partners.
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Foto de la semana / Photo of the week 7/6/2013 Foto de la semana / Photo of the week 7/6/2013

El jueves 6 de junio, un grupo de profesionales del área de DAPA del CIAT se reunieron para intercambiar ideas acerca de una iniciativa denominada “Videos participativos: viendo el cambio climático a través de ‘lentes’ locales”. Presentado por Maria Johanna Koningstein del equipo de Género & Cambio Climático, este proyecto de videos participativos busca entender
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Conversaciones con las voces de la tierra Conversaciones con las voces de la tierra

Por: Manon Koningstein, Investigadora Visitante  Equipo de Género & Cambio Climático    Para mí, la razón principal para estar en el CIAT es poder trabajar directamente con los que representan la tierra en todos sus aspectos: los campesinos. Poder escuchar las historias de campesinos en países en desarrollo, y conjuntamente con ellos mismos poder hacer la
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Capacity development – Lessons learned and ways forward for CGIAR: A discussion paper

This discussion paper is currently under review. We hereby publish the summary for discussion. Staiger, S. – Leader, Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management Initiative, CIAT, Cali, Colombia Dror, I. – Head, Capacity Development, ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya Babu, S. – Senior Researchers, Partnership, Impact and Capacity Strengthening Unit, IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA Rudebjer, P. – Acting
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CIAT releases policy brief on Knowledge Management CIAT releases policy brief on Knowledge Management

Making agriculture more competitive, resilient, and sustainable in developing countries requires continuous sharing of research processes and outcomes between farmers, development experts, scientists, and policymakers, among others. In recent years, new opportunities have emerged for research organizations to adopt innovative practices that foster knowledge management and sharing both internally and within their networks.

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Training


Gendered Access to Forest and Small Farms in Latin America Gendered Access to Forest and Small Farms in Latin America

 Call for Abstracts for Learning Workshop         Venue: CIAT Headquarters in Cali-Palmira, Colombia on 21-22 August, 2013 A two-day learning workshop will be convened by the Internacional Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), under the CGIAR Gender in Forests, Trees and Agroforestry Research Program. The program will be free of registration cost. Please
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Knowledge Management


Knowledge management for effective policy influence: The case of Agua Verde

I thank Paul Hicks from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Axel Schmidt for having invited me to join their team for a workshop on knowledge management for policy influence in Salvador. Agua Verde is part of the Global Water Initiative (GWI) funded by The Howard Buffet Foundation. It looks at how to boost the benefits of
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Monitoring and Evaluation


Reflections on the USAID PIPA Seminar Reflections on the USAID PIPA Seminar

USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) invited me to be the “Thought Leader in Learning” last April and to present at a seminar on the Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) methodology. Two years ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the Knowledge Management Impact Challenge UnConference where many of the same challenges of
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Seed Systems


Curso-Taller: Sistemas de Semillas Curso-Taller: Sistemas de Semillas

Para promover el uso de más y mejores semillas, la Plataforma de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades en Sistemas de Semilla en América Latina y el Caribe realizará, en las instalaciones del CIAT, Cali Colombia, entre el 21 y el 26 de Octubre de 2013 el Curso-Taller “Sistemas de Semillas: Principios organizacionales, tecnológicos y biológicos en el manejo moderno de semillas de alta calidad”.