(submitted to Science Council)
ICRISAT's Medium-term Plan 2008-2010 Nourishing the Productivity and Livelihoods of Success in the SAT
Overview
Project Portfolio
- Improving policies and facilitating institutional innovation, markets and impact to support the sustained reduction of poverty and hunger in the SAT
- Sustaining Biodiversity of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Small Millets, Groundnut,Pigeonpea and Chickpea for Current and Future Generations
- Producing more and better food of the staple cereals and legumes of the west and central African (WCA) SAT (sorghum, pearl millet and groundnut) through genetic improvement
- Producing more and better food from staple cereals (sorghum and millets) and legumes (groundnuts, chickpea and pigeonpea) at lower cost in the eastern and southern African (ESA) SAT through genetic improvement
- Producing more and better food at lower cost of staple cereals and legume hybrids in the Asian SAT (sorghum, pearl millets and pigeonpea) through genetic improvements
- Producing more and better food at lower cost of staple open-pollinated cereals and legumes in the Asian SAT (sorghum, pearl millet, pigeonpea, chickpea and groundnut) through genetic improvements
- Reducing Rural Poverty through Agricultural Diversification and Emerging Opportunities for High-Value Commodities and Products
- Poverty alleviation and sustainable management of water, land, livestock and forest resources, particularly at the desert margins of the Sahel and the drylands of ESA (SSA Desert Margins Program SWEP)
- Poverty alleviation and sustainable management of land, water, livestock and forest resources through sustainable agro-ecological intensification in low- and high potential environments of the semi-arid tropics of Africa and Asia
- Virtual Academy for the Semi Arid Tropics (VASAT) in Asia and West and Central Africa
Appendix 1: Desert Margins Program (DMP)
Appendix 2: Financial Tables
Appendix 3: Acronyms
