Associate Scientist – Agricultural Economics
ICRISAT seeks applications for the post of Associate Scientist – Agricultural Economics to strengthen the ability and to provide evidence-based solutions for Read more...
Project Coordinator
ICRISAT seeks applications for the position of Project Coordinator to support the Global Head – Breeding in transformation of the Breeding programs Read more...
Happening January 2020
Happening January 2020
How Uganda’s millet drink ‘bushera’ saw a revival and India’s peanut ‘chikki’ went to Zambia
If school children in Uganda have taken to a super-nutritious traditional fermented millet drink called bushera and if an India-inspired peanut bar Read more...
Happening December 2019
Happening December 2019
Key technology for biofortification goes online
Online platform opens up easy access to x-ray fluorescence testing at ICRISAT To support development of nutritious crop cultivars across the globe Read more...
Happening September 2019
Happening September 2019
An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
As members of the ICRISAT Governing Board converged in Dakar, Senegal, the air was abuzz with the promise of upcoming strategies for a focused approach to the next few years. During the next few days, over a series of meetings and discussions, topics ranging from nutrition...
First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety In a first, the National Variety Release Read more...
Fighting the deadly menace of Parthenium grass
To combat a noxious weed like the Parthenium hysterophorus, a multipronged strategy that includes preventive measures, manual uprooting, herbicides and biological control Read more...