Towards a sustained mechanism for integrating research efforts in Niger
Aiming to improve the efficiency of agricultural research, stakeholders came together recently to put in place a sustained mechanism for collaboration and Read more...
Collaborative effort for an agricultural revolution across Africa
A new pan-Africa mega initiative, ‘Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)’, was launched recently as an ambitious and bold plan to address Read more...
Indian Ambassador-designate to Zimbabwe visits ICRISAT
Mr R Masakui, Director, External Publicity & Public Diplomacy, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India visited ICRISAT-India on 15 April. Mr Read more...
The ICP Hopes to Create a Roadmap for Pulses for the Next 5-10 years
Dr. Rajeev K. Varshney wants to increase pulses productivity – he will discuss the contribution of pulse genomes sequencing and trait-mapping for Read more...
Restoring degraded land in the Sahel
A workshop was conducted recently to identify areas for scaling up, by looking at the experiences and analyzing the causes of success Read more...
‘Leave no one behind’ commits global agricultural research and innovation community
International representatives from key sectors in agri-food research and innovation have pledged to ‘leave no one behind’ by committing to create more Read more...
Strengthening value chain for drought tolerant crops in Kenya
The need for effective branding and marketing of drought tolerant crops is critical in order to change consumer perceptions and attitudes was Read more...
Microdosing – a key proven technology for sub-Saharan Africa
The story launched as a timeline ICRISAT’s first interactive timeline is launched this week showing the story of fertilizer microdosing in Africa. Read more...
Roadmap for pulses self-sufficiency in India
A roadmap to achieve pulses self-sufficiency for India by increasing production, yield and area under pulses, and by setting up seed hubs Read more...
South Africa says Namaste to Ahlan!
Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 April 2016 by Showkat Rather – Achieving food and nutritional security along with ensuring equal rights to women is Read more...