COVID-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
The World Food Programme has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World War II. It predicts a doubling of the number of people going hungry – more than half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
Post-Covid agri reforms: Odisha could be frontrunner
Many reforms in the Indian agricultural sector were long due for want of enabling rules in States or differences between State and Read more...
New partnership inked with AGRA to boost improved technology uptake in Africa’s agriculture
ICRISAT-led AVISA project is partnering with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to enhance uptake of modern technologies, including Read more...
How dryland crops are helping Telangana’s tribal households meet nutritional requirements during lockdown
To ensure nutrition sufficiency in children, pregnant women and lactating mothers of tribal communities in Telangana, India, during times of lockdown, ready-to-eat Read more...
Reviving the farm economy
The return of migrant workers to their villages offers an opportunity to give agribusiness a leg-up. For the first time in years, Read more...
A strategic guide: Working towards food security in the drylands, through COVID-19 and beyond
ICRISAT is well positioned to significantly contribute to efforts towards restoring food security in the drylands, while combating the COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts Read more...
What African farmers and processors say about the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns
Maintaining the dialog with the farming community and industry Farmers and other key stakeholders in Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Read more...
Africa’s most vulnerable are called to bear the brunt of a pandemic
Securing farming communities through and after COVID-19 is a priority One of world’s harshest terrains for farming threatens to crumble under Read more...
COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural
Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies towards a food system that is resilient and sustainable...
Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too
Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains Read more...