Popularizing Indian millets through product development
A new initiative to popularize millets by developing products as well as branding of Karnataka ragi (finger millet) was launched recently. This Read more...
Partnership with SAARC to help farmers in South Asia
A new partnership has been formed to build a network to accelerate the use of technologies in agriculture across eight countries in Read more...
Eat millets, pay less, stay healthier, save earth
Originally published in India Climate Dialogue by Jency Samuel Demand is slowly increasing for various types of millets that require very little water to grow. Read more...
Partnership with SAARC to help farmers in South Asia
Hyderabad, India (24 August 2016) ― A new partnership has been formed to build a network to accelerate the use of technologies Read more...
Initiative to popularize Indian millets through product development
Hyderabad, India (19 August 2016) – A new initiative was launched today to popularize millets through product development as well as branding Read more...
Technologies for aflatoxin management and profitable crop-livestock integration draw attention at agri-fair
A participatory approach involving farmers to solve crop and livestock production challenges in the semi-arid areas of central Tanzania, won the appreciation Read more...
Increased productivity for Indian farmers through farmer producer organizations
Launch of setting up of 1000 FPOs in phases Making agriculture profitable by involving farmers along the entire agricultural value chain through Read more...
Climate-smart crops for Myanmar’s dry regions
A research study in Myanmar seeks to identify crops with the lowest risk options for intensifying dryland cropping systems. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is Read more...
Reverse engineering innovation for impact
I recently spent a week talking to scientists at ICRISAT about innovation and how ICRISAT and the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Read more...
Golden Agriculture Village Scheme for Karnataka, India, farmers
105 villages in Phase 1 to be set up with intensive technology transfer and capacity building Farmers in 1,000 villages of Karnataka, Read more...