ICRISAT Into the New Millennium
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ICRISAT in Southern and Eastern Africa | In 1981/82, following recommendations made by the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Heads of State, ICRISAT was asked to lead two regional programs in southern Africa. The SADC/ICRISAT Groundnut Project, based at Lilongwe, Malawi, was established in 1982; and the Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program (SMIP), headquartered in Matopos, Zimbabwe, two years later. |  |
| Soon after, ICRISAT was invited by the Organization for African Unity to work on sorghum and millets under the Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (SAFGRAD) program based in Kenya. |
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The Eastern Africa Regional Cereals and Legumes Network was established at the Kiboko Research Station in Kenya in 1990. The following year, a Vertisol watersheds collaborative project began with International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA; later ILRI), and Institute of Agricultural Research in Ethiopia. |
Milestones: 1976-77 |
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