Colombia's Minister of Agriculture announces that CIAT's innovations will reach all small-scale agricultural producers in the country
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Indalecio Dangond Baquero, visited CIAT in Palmira, along with the National Manager of ICA and the Executive Director of AGROSAVIA. The CIAT presented the results of nearly 60 years of research, innovation, and impact in Colombia, with contributions to productivity, climate adaptation, and agricultural competitiveness.
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Colombia's Minister of Agriculture announces that CIAT's innovations will reach all small-scale agricultural producers in the country
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Indalecio Dangond Baquero, visited CIAT in Palmira, along with the National Manager of ICA and the Executive Director of AGROSAVIA. The CIAT presented the results of nearly 60 years of research, innovation, and impact in Colombia, with contributions to productivity, climate adaptation, and agricultural competitiveness.
Palmira, Colombia, September 16, 2026. Making agriculture increasingly productive and competitive requires crops capable of responding to new challenges, information to anticipate climate changes, technologies to improve production, and tools that connect farmers to higher-value markets.
For nearly six decades, these challenges have guided much of the research that the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)—now part of the Bioversity International and CIAT Alliance—conducts in Colombia in collaboration with farmers, public institutions, research centers, universities, and companies.
The visit by Indalecio Dangond Baquero, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, to CIAT provided an opportunity to pool these capabilities and explore how science, innovation, and collaboration among institutions can contribute to the current priorities of the Colombian agricultural sector.