Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes and dryland cereals, this handy 15-pager has Read more...
Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
India has made good progress in blending bioethanol with gasoline (petrol) and biodiesel with diesel, said Dr Ashok Kumar Are, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, while pointing out the need for faster establishment of 2G biofuel plants and stepping up R&D to improve biofuel feedstocks for India to be able to meet its future targets. Read more...
Double harvest for half the effort
Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the crop for both food and income. Over the past few years, Mwangofi has seen a decline in pigeonpea produce, mainly due to land pressure, as he now has a smaller landholding than he did in the past.
Remembering Dr Dallas Leon Oswalt
Dr Dallas Oswalt, former Head of International Training at ICRISAT, passed away on 14 August. He was 92. Colleagues remember him as Read more...