Pre-breeding efforts for better traits in pigeonpea
Annual Review Meeting of GCDT-ICRISAT collaborative research project and participation in Pigeonpea Field Day With a view to using new and diverse... Read More
Short and mid-early pigeonpea varieties steal the show
Pigeonpea Network Group (Asia) Workshop-cum-Field Day 2019 Pigeonpea researchers from across Asia hailed a short and mid-early variety of pigeonpea that is... Read More
Homegrown technologies help farmers boost yields and incomes
Farmers’ Field Day in Bidar, Karnataka The means to help farmers improve their livelihoods are not developed in offices and laboratories alone,... Read More
Understanding food systems transitions is key to achieve nutritional outcomes
Food systems can be effectively transformed by identifying drivers of food choice and factors influencing personal food environments, thereby enabling effective strategies... Read More
Reality video series launched with student chefs from 16 schools across India
Who will be the Smart Food Culinary Champions of India? A Smart Food Culinary Challenge video series, the first ever ‘reality show... Read More
First millet-meals scientific study in schools shows millets boost child growth by 50%
Findings from a recently published three-month feeding study with 1,500 children in Karnataka suggest that millet-based mid-day meals can increase relative growth by 50%. Children rated the meals, which were designed by scientists and chefs and included little millet as a rice substitute, over 4.5 on 5 for taste.
Setting the stage for hybrid pearl millet research consortium in West Africa
Exciting times ahead as public and private institutions come together to promote millets Seed research stakeholders and representatives of private seed companies... Read More
Groundnut breeding program in Burkina Faso gets a boost with seven new improved groundnut varieties
More than 20 years after the last groundnut seed variety was registered in the seed catalog, the groundnut breeding program in West... Read More
Reaffirming an old alliance with Ethiopia for better natural resource management
Collaboration with Ethiopian institutes on systems-based research programs – including joint projects in soil fertility management, watershed management, dryland irrigation systems, rangeland... Read More
ICRISAT student researcher employs advanced technology for pearl millet trait development in US collaboration
PhD student Rashika Aher made the most of an opportunity to carry out research at Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, USA. She recently... Read More