Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of ICRISAT in Niger
ICRISAT’s 50th year of innovations and impacts: Officials and farmers, all have their say! In the 1970s, ICRISAT, based in India, rapidly Read more...
Smart Food selected as a global LAUNCH Food innovation
Smart Food, an initiative which will initially focus on popularizing millets and sorghum, has been selected by LAUNCH Food as one of Read more...
New sowing application increases yield by 30%
The test results of a new sowing app for groundnut farmers reveal that 175 smallholder farmers who followed the advice provided for Read more...
Study tracks significant increase in household income due to rainwater harvesting structures
A new study reveals that using farm level rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) significantly increases farm productivity, cropping intensity, farm income and household Read more...
Adopting improved chickpea improves farmer livelihoods in Ethiopia
A new study has found that improved chickpea adoption by farmers in Ethiopia significantly increased household income while also reducing poverty. The Read more...
ICRISAT’s 40 years of research in watershed development
In 1976 ICRISAT started on-site trials at its headquarters in India and have since introduced watershed management across more than 300 locations Read more...
Increasing farm productivity in Kenya through cultivation of improved legumes and cereals
In a span of one year, 300 farmers in Kerio valley in Kenya earned over KES 4.8 million (USD 46,978) by cultivating Read more...
Groundnut varieties with higher oil content empowering women in Nigeria
Using improved varieties of groundnut for processing that offer at least twice the potential quantities of oil for extraction in comparison to Read more...
New pearl millet varieties and hybrids capture farmers and seed producers’ interest in Niger
The newly developed open pollinated varieties and hybrids of pearl millet were showcased during a field day in farmers’ fields near Yuri Read more...
Progressing towards the SDGs
At the recently concluded biannual meeting of ICRISAT Governing Board goals and strategies were set to guide the organization towards achieving its Read more...