International Day of Rural Women

Taking science to the next level – ICRISAT Board meeting focuses on strategy

The women finger millet advocates of Western Kenya

Food and Agriculture Organization endorses India’s proposal for an International Year of Millets

ICRISAT welcomes Mr Sanjay Agarwal as its new Board member

Wild cousins of finger millet show promise of parasite resistance

Center of Excellence to support farmers for better climate resilience and early pest/disease warning

New Chair for ICRISAT Governing Board

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

How malnutrition is being tackled

Developing nutrition rich crops

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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.

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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.

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Upcoming events

1. Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  
  November 10 @ 8:00 am - November 22 @ 5:00 pm
2. Second International NIN Centenary Conference on `Aligning Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition’
  
  November 11 @ 8:00 am - November 13 @ 5:00 pm
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Getting more #women to participate in value chains â the #soybean story in #Mozambique and #Malawiâ¦ https://t.co/SYMDX32UYe 12 hours ago
RT @CGIAR: âOur goal of increasing the livelihood and nutrition security of smallholder farmers moves forward, and pre-breeding has hasteneâ¦ 19 hours ago
Over 40 years of village level data available for researchers to use, with the Jim and Wendy Ryan Endowment Fund.â¦ https://t.co/c4fQK68WA8 19 hours ago
RT @CrawfordFund: Look forward to nominations of your heroes - great ag scientists whoâve made a significant impact for food security @ICARâ¦ 3 days ago
Bringing youth back â children of #soil return to roots in #Africa @tropicallegumes aims to boost #legume productioâ¦ https://t.co/OXdmc1tmWn 3 days ago
RT @FmardNg: GROUNDNUT: FG Adopts Innovation To Reduce Drudgery In Post-harvest Processing A motorized groundnut thresher is reducing drudâ¦ 4 days ago
Greater synergy, greater âsynthesisâ of learnings, that was the key outcome of the @WLE_CGIAR workshop on #Land andâ¦ https://t.co/XLxxwWtevN 4 days ago
Wilder and stronger: India-Myanmar #pigeonpea program gets new #research boost https://t.co/xK3SG90Jj5 #R4Dâ¦ https://t.co/vzu3lxxTgV 5 days ago