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...
Advanced breeding techniques produce high-oleic groundnut lines
The first ever specialty trial in India to evaluate high-oleic groundnut lines resulted in 16 high-oleic lines being recommended for advanced trials. Read more...
Models to help export millet products and developing a pan-India marketing campaign
Millet processors from across India gathered to discuss ways to test and enter export markets. Innovative options were presented to achieve this Read more...
Global initiative to harness the power of big data for smallholder farmers
A new multimillion-dollar initiative is poised to disrupt food production across the developing world – to make it more productive, efficient and Read more...