Goats Against Climate Change
Earlier this year, Cyclone Idai swept across Mozambique. Its powerful winds and heavy rains led to massive floods, hundreds of deaths, and the large-scale destruction of crops and property. An estimated 140,000 people were displaced, and six months later, nearly one million people, including 160,000 children under five, are still facing food shortages and a nutrition crisis...
Changes in scientific staff announced to propel breeding program modernization
Highlighting the focused drive to modernize its crop breeding programs, ICRISAT is setting up three Advanced Regional Crop Improvement Hubs in India, Read more...
Indo-Australia genomics project for chickpea drought tolerance gains momentum
India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance in chickpea. The project, ‘Functional Genomics of Chickpea Read more...
Agriculture in Budget 2020: Implementation key to make a real difference
Like many other agriculture policy enthusiasts, I too had made my wish list expecting specific announcements in the Union Budget 2020-21. I even shared my thoughts in the social media, much to a broad acceptance of friends following me...
India needs to choose Smart Foods to thwart deficiencies in diets; drought
India needs to move on the path of Smart Foods, which is the only way to thwart deficiencies in diets and subsist during phases of water scarcity and drought.