Charting a course for doubling farmers’ income in India
As a definitive step towards realizing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of doubling the income of Indian farmers by 2022, a Read more...
Strengthening seed supply chains in Africa
Increasing adoption of improved varieties that meet the needs of farmers and consumers was the focus of a review and planning meet Read more...
Farmers in Mali to benefit from advanced satellite imagery technology
Images from Sentinel-2 Agriculture (Sen2-Agri1) satellite will enable scientists to help smallholder farmers by tracking changes in land use, estimating crop area Read more...
Food industry looks forward to commercialization of high-oleic groundnut varieties in India
High-oleic groundnut varieties – with oleic acid content of up to 80% in Spanish and Virginia bunch types – show exciting potential Read more...
Partnerships for better results
Just ahead of the forthcoming cropping season, detailed road maps were created for a synergized work plan to increase production and productivity Read more...
Mapping the dynamics of urban sprawl and its impact on agriculture
In a rapidly urbanizing global economy it is critical to identify the resilience and adaptive capabilities of arid and semi-arid agroecological systems Read more...
When cities come closer to villages
“Villages and urban towns are coming closer. Better roads, infrastructure and connectivity, improvement in transport facilities and greater market integration are helping Read more...
Sorghum seed consortium boosts adoption of improved cultivars in India
In order to increase the uptake of improved post-rainy sorghum cultivars in India, a Sorghum Seed Consortium has successfully promoted the distribution Read more...
Developing climate-smart crops focus of ICAR and ICRISAT partnership in India
Climate-smart crops, Smart Food and modernization of breeding database are some of the core areas of research in a new agreement between Read more...
International Women’s Day celebrations across ICRISAT
Women’s empowerment is a major cross-cutting area of ICRISAT’s holistic approach. Various ICRISAT centers celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March Read more...