Kenyan pastoralists: how changing livestock markets could reduce conflict
Over nine million Kenyans are pastoralists out of a total population of 50 million. Together they hold livestock worth over US$1 billion. Livestock is Read more...
Livestock for food and nutrition security in Malawi: Policy gaps, needs and opportunities
Malawi’s growing population is expected to place an increasing demand on its food production systems but the country’s smallholder farmers, the providers Read more...
Lockdown Lessons from Zimbabwe: How to preserve livelihoods during a pandemic
Marked by hyperinflation and battered by several years of drought, Zimbabwe’s troubled economy took a hit for the worse as the country Read more...
Revisiting Sawaya – the climate-smart village in Niger
It all started in June 2020, when the foundation of a climate-smart village was laid at Sawaya in Niger. Initially it just Read more...
More support coming farmers’ way in the ASAL parts of Kenya
When Betty Bondo, a farmer in Kenya’s Makueni County, started growing new green gram varieties introduced by ICRISAT, her yield tripled from Read more...
A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to multiple diseases, is hardy and a consumer’s Read more...
The benefits of investment in genomics research are manifold
The return on investment in crop genomics research is manifold but to realize the full potential and reap optimum benefits from it, Read more...
Students take virtual route to visit ICRISAT
Many students have been inspired by their visit to the ICRISAT Hyderabad campus in the past; the COVID-19 pandemic has come in Read more...
Can India sustain high growth of pulses production?
India has made remarkable progress in enhancing production of pulses during the past 15 years. During 2005-06, the total production of pulses Read more...
Why are aspirations of farming communities important to know in developing economies?
A systematic literature review of studies from 14 low and middle income countries in Asia and Africa has suggested that aspirations of Read more...