Developing climate smart crops is focus of ICAR and ICRISAT partnership in India
New Delhi, India (16 March 2017) ― Climate smart crops, smart food and digitalization of breeding database are some of the core Read more...
Mainstreaming biofortification of pearl millet to tackle malnutrition
Mainstreaming of nutrients (e.g. iron) in hybrid cultivars of pearl millet is being taken up on high priority by NARS partners, private Read more...
Tropical Legumes III: Strategies for wider reach and deeper impacts
During the recently concluded Tropical Legumes III (TL III) annual meeting, plant breeding programs were assessed and specific product concepts were discussed Read more...
Smart Food show to promote healthier lifestyles in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya (04 March 2017) ― A Smart Food Reality Show will be launched on television this coming Sunday 5 March. This Read more...
Focusing on sorghum as health food and forage
Scientists at ICRISAT-India were encouraged to focus on developing high-Zn sorghum lines for processed foods and also sorghum varieties as forage with Read more...
InterDrought-V calls for modern agriculture technologies to combat drought
At the recently concluded InterDrought-V conference, participants deliberated on the use of modern technologies to help smallholder farmers combat drought. “Harnessing modern Read more...
Combining traditions and technologies among tribal farmers in India
What does bullock cart racing have in common with agricultural research? Normally not much, but in the last week of January, these Read more...