Landmark private-public partnership forged to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector
Bringing together public and private organizations working in agriculture, Nigeria recently formed a country-level committee with ICRISAT as its co-chair. The committee Read more...
Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India
For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two new machine-harvestable chickpea varieties. With this, the Read more...
12 Years of Tropical Legumes: 25 Million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to development of 266 improved legume varieties and production of Read more...
Breeding future-ready crops: selecting priority traits in breeding programs via product profiles
Developing crop varieties that meet the needs of all stakeholders, with farmers, value chain actors and end-use consumers having specific needs for Read more...
Nane Nane Expo: Tanzanian agricultural show inspires research teams to excel
Research programs from the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) showcased their best technologies in farmers’ fairs as part of the popular Nane Read more...
Scientists: ‘Partnering with farmers crucial for saving degraded lands’
If degraded lands have to be saved embedding research within farmer-focused development initiatives is essential, echoed scientists on the sidelines of the 14th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification here on Monday....