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.
Featured Posts
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
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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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
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 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 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 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”.
