Gender Research Coordinator
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture ( www.ciat.cgiar.org ) works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the ecoefficiencyof agriculture. CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium ( www.cgiar.org ), a global research partnership working many partners for a food secure future. The Center’s research focuses on increasing productivity of key crops (cassava, common bean, rice, and tropical forages); reversing soil and land degradation; and using information to foster better decisions about issues such as climate change and environmental management. Headquartered near Cali, Colombia, CIAT has regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Hanoi, Vietnam, with staff posted in other developing countries as well. CIAT has a strong record on social science gender analysis related research. Among other activities the Center initiated and led the CGIAR Participatory Research and Gender Analysis network for almost two ...