Challenges Ahead

The ultimate goals

• Enhance prosperity

• Create diversified opportunities

• Protect fragile environments

• Promote inclusiveness.

ICRISAT’s future priorities

• Top priority, drought — genetic tolerance, water and nutrient-use efficiency

• Soil and water management — watershed and catchment approaches, community- level initiatives

• Crop diversification —more diverse, more resilient farming systems

• New tools — GIS, simulation modeling, biotechnology, farmer- participatory methods

• Build even stronger partnerships

• Networks and information exchange to promote spillover benefits.

Reaping the harvest from

Science with a Human Face

Research to reduce poverty, malnutrition, and environmental degradation is truly "Science with a human face." And the benefits are flowing

Nearly half the 399 variety releases have taken place in the last 6 years. National research programs are stronger than ever before. Donors remain committed, and the research partnerships built up by ICRISAT will ensure this momentum is maintained. Clearly, the best is yet to come