http://www.icrisat.org/icrisat-pr-2010.htm International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Press Releases during the year 2010 icrisat.org http://www.icrisat.org/rss/images/icrisat_83by108.gif http://www.icrisat.org/index.htm Feed provided by ICRISAT. Following the success of Brussels based EMRC’s (formerly European Marketing Research Center) AgriBusiness Forum 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa and the recent, Inaugural Africa-India Economic Mission to Hyderabad, India, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) will assist Indian entreprenurs to strengthen ties with their African counterparts at the forthcoming AgriBusiness Forum-2010 in Kampala, Uganda. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media10.htm If you think that climate change is merely a drastic change in weather, think again. Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) found that higher temperatures are making chickpea susceptible to new diseases. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media9.htm A $1.7 million research grant has been awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA under its Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) program to Professor of plant pathology Dr Douglas Cook at the University of California, Davis and Dr Rajeev Varshney at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), to fund research on nitrogen fixation in legumes, the plant family that includes chickpea, pigeonpeas, beans, peanuts and alfalfa. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media8.htm The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) joins more than one billion people in 190 countries across the globe in celebrating “Earth Day 2010” on April 22. Four decades after the first Earth Day, our world is facing more crises than ever before. Climate change is one of the greater challenges of our times. In the center of this crises are the 670 million poorest of the poor people that ICRISAT has a mandate to serve. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media7.htm The world's agricultural researchers bestowed two international research institutes headquartered in India and Taiwan the prestigious “Science Award for Outstanding Partnership” for improving the lives of countless women and children in West Africa. Scientists at the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) developed techniques for growing vegetables in the deserts of West Africa. They then trained local West Africans to train local farmers. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media6.htm The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Brussels-based EMRC have decided to facilitate more Africa-India missions to encourage B2B dialogue with Indian 0enterprise, to unleash the potential of African agriculture. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media5.htm The first ever Africa-India Economic Mission on Agro-Industry to Hyderabad aims to foster partnerships between Africa and India in agricultural research, soil and water conservation and management, biofuels, fresh produce management, knowledge parks, seed value chain and equipment. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media4.htm The Molecular Breeding Platform (MBP) a one-stop shop for information, analytical tools and related services to design and efficiently conduct molecular-assisted breeding experiments aims to increase breeding efficiency in developing countries. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media3.htm When monsoon rains got delayed last year, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) saved thousands of villagers from incurring heavy losses in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/news-releases/icrisat-pr-2010-media2.htm