CIMMYT posted a photo: Post-harvest specialist Gerardo Ramírez, part of CIMMYT’s conservation agriculture team in Chiapas, drinks a cup of pozol with farmer José Almilcar Tacias Ruiz after a day’s work. Pozol is a traditional beverage made from f…
Archive for September, 2012
Conservation agriculture in Chiapas: Jorge, the leader
CIMMYT posted a photo: Jorge Octavio García is leading the efforts to spread conservation agriculture in Chiapas. Though Jorge started working with resource-conserving techniques in 2006, his first interaction with CIMMYT was in 2009, when he met Bram…
Conservation agriculture in Chiapas: A simple map
CIMMYT posted a photo: Each red pin is the location of a collaborator, a farmer or a demonstration field, adding up to a visual representation of where the conservation agriculture team is working in the state of Chiapas, one of the first things you se…
Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health Launches Website
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), which is one of two such programs led by IFPRI, launched its website this week. The site features information on A4NH projects, including the related impact pathways, partnershi…
AGRODEP Continues to Build Capacity of African Researchers
Since its inception in 2010, AGRODEP (African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium) has aimed to strengthen the capacity and reach of African researchers. The Consortium enables African researchers to become part of a large network of rese…