Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from more than 600 households in Ethiopia. “In Read more...
Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3, Pilira 4 and Pilira 5 have been Read more...
Few alternative thoughts to farm loan waivers
A big development in the run-up to the General Elections to the Lok Sabha later this year has been around the announcements Read more...
Making waves: Ten Indians among global top 4000 scientists
Ten Indian scientists have made it to the list of the world’s top 4000 scientists. This list was released in November 2018 Read more...
Women and youth in Nigeria turn to sorghum processing for better incomes
Over 300 women and youth in Nigeria discovered recently that the humble, environment-friendly sorghum can be made into delicious products and, in Read more...
Riding high on chickpea’s growth
Scientists call for sustained research to accelerate crop improvement Scientists from Asia and Africa called for sustaining research efforts to reap greater Read more...
Where agriculture is religion: Preaching about improved sorghum in Burkina Faso
Improved sorghum varieties are finding new champions in unusual places. In Andemtenga, a remote village about 150 km east of Ouagadougou (capital Read more...
Need to achieve global food security faster? Reach for new technologies, say scientists
Scientists from varied areas of crop research called for a mix of molecular techniques to accelerate genetic gains and meet the growing Read more...
Pop sorghum, doughnuts and hammer mills: Nigerian teens see the fun side of agriculture
If the teenagers studying in a secondary school in Nigeria ever thought that agriculture was not ‘a teen thing’, they were in Read more...
Decoding increased disease and insect-pest attacks on crops
ICRISAT reaches out to farmers in four Indian states With an aim to record the occurrence and distribution of pests and diseases Read more...