ICRISAT

As drought hits, Zimbabweans are going hungry

But efforts to boost food security, health and nutrition in Zimbabwe's cities could have a big payoff.

Integrated watershed management project wins first-ever National CSR Award

Tailored, targeted AI apps pave way for smart farming

12 Years of Tropical Legumes

25 Million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties

“Most people have never heard of it, but CGIAR has done more to feed the world’s poorest people than any other organization on earth,” said Bill Gates, speaking at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

How malnutrition is being tackled

Developing nutrition rich crops

Support for farmers

Developing seeds for a sustainable future

Engaging women in agriculture

Social and economic equality

Easy access to markets for farmers

Strengthening agricultural value chains

Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries

01 Nov 2019

Sorghum flour with high shelf life hits Nigerian markets

25 Oct 2019

Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies

25 Oct 2019

CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations

25 Oct 2019

Investing in education, research and innovation for climate-smart crops in India

25 Oct 2019

Mr Jayesh Ranjan addressing participants at the convention. Thanks to technology, he was swamped with online queries at the inaugural session moderated by Ms Yvonne Pinto. Photo: Youth in Data

Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers

18 Oct 2019

National Agricultural Research System (NARS) partners from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Laos PDR and Vietnam select advanced breeding lines for their national trials. Photos: D Deshmukh, ICRISAT

NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials

18 Oct 2019

Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level

04 Oct 2019

Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time

20 Sep 2019

Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India

13 Sep 2019

Landmark private-public partnership forged to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector

13 Sep 2019

Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India

13 Sep 2019

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Quick links

XIX International Plant Protection Congress
(IPPC 2019)
ICRISAT in Zimbabwe
Bhoochetana Timeline
Agribusiness and Innovation Platform
Centre of Excellence in Genomics
Crop Physiology Laboratory
ICRISAT Development Center
ICRISAT Genebank
Smart Food
Corporate Social Responsibility

From discovery to delivery – the 45-year journey to improve nutrition

Highlights of the past year are presented in a succinct, ‘at-a-glance’ format to convey the essential impacts of the scientific research on the ground. The report combines data and descriptive short notes, touching on the various aspects of how it impacted nutrition, lives and livelihoods over the decades.

For the interactive and mobile-friendly web version

Download the PDF version

ICRISAT’s 45th anniversary timeline and ‘my wish’ for the drylands

The 45 years were all about finding every opportunity to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in the drylands of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Share your feedback on http://www.icrisat.org/icrisat45years

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Upcoming events

International Plant Protection congress 10-14 November: https://www.icrisat.org/event/xix-international-plant-protection-congress-ippc-2019/

International Workshop on Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding through Advanced R & Machine Learning – November 18 https://www.icrisat.org/event/international-workshop-on-genomic-selection-in-plant-breeding-through-advanced-r-machine-learning/

GeoSmart Agriculture track at the 20th edition of GeoSmart India,3rd – 5th December, 2019, Hyderabad. https://geosmartindia.net/about.html

The 20th edition of GeoSmart India will bring together thought leaders, start-ups, tech giants and the Indian geospatial diaspora at India’s largest geospatial event on the 3-5 December 2019 in Hyderabad. https://www.icrisat.org/event/geosmart-agriculture-track-at-the-20th-edition-of-geosmart-india/

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