Leadership in Research

The returns

• Huge returns to donor investment in ICRISAT research

• Internal rates of return (IRR) range from 11 % to 65 % for different technologies — higher than IRRs from most other investments in rural development

• For example, $3 million invested by ICRISAT and the Namibian pearl millet program generated benefits with a net present value of $11 million.

King Baudouin Award, 1996
award96.JPG (23289 bytes)

The CGIAR’s highest award, given for the development of downy-mildew-resistant, yield-increasing pearl millet

• Wider genetic base of cultivars based on ICRISAT-bred improved germplasm

• Improved screening and breeding methodologies for efficient pearl millet improvement

• Strong partnerships with NARS, leading to human resource development and rapid uptake of new technologies.

King Baudouin Award, 1998
award98.JPG (23289 bytes)

ICRISAT is the only CGIAR Center to have won the award twice running. Given for pigeonpea research

• Plant architecture modified

• The world’s first hybrid variety of any food legume species

• Wilt-and sterility mosaic-resistant lines developed

• High-yielding, short-duration varieties for new niches as cash crop

• Taxonomy of the genera Cajanus and Atylosia revised.

Prev homeNext

 

LINE

Comments to: webmaster-icrisat@cgiar.org

bullet Search bullet Home bullet Vision bullet Research bullet Partnerships bullet Achievements bullet SATrends bullet Press Releases
bullet About ICRISAT bullet Publications bullet Staff bullet Learning bullet Employment
bullet Crops Gallery bullet SAT Farmers bullet Recipes