ICRISAT Co-Founder MS Swaminathan’s Book on 50 Years of Green Revolution Released by Prime Minister
A two-part book series titled ‘MS Swaminathan: The Quest for a World without Hunger’ was recently released in New Delhi. The series Read more...
Promoting Dietary Diversity in Kenya through Cooking and Nutrition Extension
Through door-to-door sensitization of communities, 40,000 households have been reached with messages promoting consumption of diverse and nutritious food for improved health Read more...
Genome Re-sequencing to Accelerate Genetic Gains of Pigeonpea
The genome of 292 pigeonpea lines from 23 countries has been re-sequenced by a global team of 19 scientists. The re-sequencing has Read more...
Mobile App to Help Farmers Overcome Crop Damage
An innovative multi-lingual plant disease and pest diagnostic ‘Plantix’ app, available on farmers’ mobile phones helps them identify pests and diseases and Read more...
Increasing Water Productivity to Improve Food Security in sub-Saharan Africa
A new study presents initial findings from a collaborative research project on increasing irrigation water productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through Read more...
Mobile app to help farmers overcome crop damage launched in India
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India (25 May 2017) ― “Are my crops doing well?” is a question that plagues every farmer. Now an Read more...
Breakthrough pigeonpea genome re-sequencing will lead to superior varieties and make the pulse more affordable
Hyderabad, India (22 May 2017) ― In a significant breakthrough, a global team of 19 scientists from 9 institutes have re-sequenced the Read more...
Crop price prediction innovation wins ICT4D Data Jam
A data-based innovation that can help farmers decide the best time to sell their produce won first prize at the ICT4D Data Read more...
Partnering with local government for fast-tracking adoption of improved groundnut varieties in Nigeria
More and more farmers in Nigeria are adopting improved varieties of groundnut, thanks to extensive efforts by local state governments to increase Read more...
Increasing ethanol production in India using sweet sorghum
An innovative project to mainstream sweet sorghum as a source of ethanol production is under way in sugar mills of Maharashtra, Tamil Read more...