Global team cracks ancestor genome of groundnut
Hyderabad, India (01 June 2016) ― A scientific breakthrough on the DNA sequencing of the groundnut (also known as peanut) promises Read more...
New ICT-Agriculture partnership can bring revolutionary change for farmers and food industries
Hyderabad, India (31 May 2016) ― An initiative to boost digital agriculture has been launched in a strategic partnership between the startup Read more...
Hybrid Parents Research Consortia Advisory Committee meet to discuss future direction
The newly-formed advisory committee of the ICRISAT- Hybrid Parents Research Consortia (HPRC) met recently to discuss how to further strengthen the consortium Read more...
Smart Food promoted at traditional foods and beverages expo
To create a consumer demand pull for Smart Food – dryland crops such as millets and legumes – by raising Zimbabweans’ Read more...
Improved pigeonpea hybrid helps farmers fight drought in Maharashtra, India
Farmers in Maharashtra, India, are taking to pigeonpea hybrid ICPH 2740 in a big way to combat successive drought years. Despite Read more...
Making a difference: ICRISAT’s work to help achieve SDGs
ICRISAT works in the drylands which are some of the driest and harshest regions of the world. Working in these regions has Read more...
Accelerating pulse production in southern India
Pulse farmers across Telangana and Karnataka are being exposed to new technologies, varieties, hybrids and innovations in agronomic practices, for improving productivity Read more...
Identifying suitable interventions in smallholder agriculture through systems analysis
Use of computer based simulation tools for systems analysis, helps target efforts and devise tactics for coping with climate risk, in the Read more...
Deploying ICT in agriculture to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals
Technology providers, policy makers, donors, practitioners, private sector and civil society came together to discuss how information and communication technologies (ICTs) will Read more...
Trainings: Capacity building in western Africa on modern genetic tools
The recently held training workshop on the use of modern genomic tools for breeding research and applied breeding, addressed two aspects: the Read more...