In 2008 the ICT-KM Program’s Institutional Knowledge Sharing project led by CIAT undertook the design and delivery of a series of successful knowledge sharing workshops. Together with Nancy White, we conceptualized a 3 phase event (online, face-to-face, online) with the ambition to help CGIAR and partner...

Enfoque En enero del 2009, los organismos con sede en Roma, que trabajan en agricultura y desarrollo, y seguridad alimentaria, unieron fuerzas para organizar juntos la primera “Feria del Conocimiento” para permitir a su personal mostrar, recrear e inventar maneras de compartir el conocimiento y mejorar...

We are pleased to announce the Knowledge Share Fair Latin America and Caribbean which will take place in Cali, Colombia, 25 – 27 May 2010. Focus In January 2009, Rome-based agencies working in agriculture, development and food security joined forces to co-organize the first Knowledge “Share Fair”...

… showing you the power of this image. I am totally convinced that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, I blogged about it recently. But this picture by Neil Palmer at CIAT is a real must-see. We talked about Neil’s talent as a photographer when we reported from the Knowledge...

Andy Jarvis is not a new face on our blog or with our program. Andy is a young scientist who leads the CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) program, he is an active member of the CGIAR-Consortium for Spatial Information (CSI) and a self-professed “promiscuos geographer” Not...

AAA is not a new concept to those who read our blog, nor our tireless efforts to increase the availability of and access to our research. Just today here in Cali, at the CIAT campus I have been discussing a paper written by our colleague Edith Hesse about CIAT’s efforts to increase the availability...

Stories in the latest newsletter: Reinventing Agricultural Science Finding the Right Pathway Rice Science in the Digital Age Social Media Kick-off at CIAT Knowledge Sharing: Chapter Two Comes to a Close Social Media Workshop 2: Don’t Get Left Behind Social Media Tools Blog Series: And Then There...

This year CIAT’s annual meeting, also known as KS Week is … unfortunately a 6-day power point event but I must admit that the level of discussion is good and that people seem engaged. The innovation comes this time from the documentation and reporting side. The visit from ICT-KM’s Enrica Porcari...

I write this from CIAT, where at the Knowledge Sharing Week of the Institute we have been presenting approaches to increase availability and accessibility of CIAT’s research outputs. CIAT was the second center where we carried out AAA benchmarking. The results of this exercise were presented to the...

CIAT’s Knowledge Sharing Week (KSW09) started today here in Cali, Colombia. This is one of the Center’s most important annual events, gathering scientists from Africa, Asia, and Central America, and providing a unique opportunity to exchange and discuss experiences with colleagues at headquarters. Taking...