Developing climate smart crops is focus of ICAR and ICRISAT partnership in India

16 Mar 2017

New Delhi, India (16 March 2017) ― Climate smart crops, smart food and digitalization of breeding database are some of the core...

Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, ICRISAT; Dr Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Global Director, Product Development and Commercialization, HarvestPlus; Dr Peter Carberry, Deputy Director General – Research, ICRISAT; and Dr KV Raju, Theme Leader, Policy and Impact, ICRISAT, at the review and planning meet for the Pearl Millet Biofortification project. Photo: PS Rao

Mainstreaming biofortification of pearl millet to tackle malnutrition

10 Mar 2017

Mainstreaming of nutrients (e.g. iron) in hybrid cultivars of pearl millet is being taken up on high priority by NARS partners, private...

Dr Clare Mukankusi, Plant Breeder, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), speaking at the inaugural session. Photo: PS Rao and Anjaiah

Tropical Legumes III: Strategies for wider reach and deeper impacts

10 Mar 2017

During the recently concluded Tropical Legumes III (TL III) annual meeting, plant breeding programs were assessed and specific product concepts were discussed...

Smart Food show to promote healthier lifestyles in Kenya

04 Mar 2017

Nairobi, Kenya (04 March 2017) ― A Smart Food Reality Show will be launched on television this coming Sunday 5 March. This...

Participants at the Sorghum Field Day organized at ICRISAT-India. Photo: PS Rao, ICRISAT

Focusing on sorghum as health food and forage

03 Mar 2017

Scientists at ICRISAT-India were encouraged to focus on developing high-Zn sorghum lines for processed foods and also sorghum varieties as forage with...

Mr Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka, speaking at the InterDrought-V held in Hyderabad, India. Photo: Shiva/Somesh

InterDrought-V calls for modern agriculture technologies to combat drought

03 Mar 2017

At the recently concluded InterDrought-V conference, participants deliberated on the use of modern technologies to help smallholder farmers combat drought. “Harnessing modern...

Combining traditions and technologies among tribal farmers in India

03 Mar 2017

What does bullock cart racing have in common with agricultural research? Normally not much, but in the last week of January, these...

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