FAO nod to India’s ‘Year of Millets – 2023’ proposal
“Good evening from Rome. India presented a proposal for International Year of Millets in FAO Council on 5 December. We succeeded in Read more...
Young chefs face-off in first Smart Food Culinary Challenge
The first Smart Food Culinary Challenge was launched with 58 student chefs from 16 culinary institutes across India. They were competing to Read more...
Improved varieties and quality seed boost yields and profits for Myanmar farmers
The adoption of improved, high-yielding varieties of pigeonpea, groundnut and chickpea has resulted in over 40% higher grain yields and profitability for Read more...
Making smallholder farmers more secure: ICRISAT’s contribution to climate research
As nations from around the globe debate the impacts of climate change and discuss sustainable solutions to mitigating them at COP24, we Read more...
The right tools for the job: enabling breeding programs to be gender-responsive
Over the past few decades, gender initiatives across CGIAR have created broad awareness among scientists about the need to consider the impact of new agricultural technologies on both men and women.