Global team cracks ancestor genome of groundnut
Hyderabad, India (01 June 2016) ― A scientific breakthrough on the DNA sequencing of the groundnut (also known as peanut) promises Read more...
New ICT-Agriculture partnership can bring revolutionary change for farmers and food industries
Hyderabad, India (31 May 2016) ― An initiative to boost digital agriculture has been launched in a strategic partnership between the startup Read more...
Hack4Farming hackathon for the future of agricultural development in India
Hyderabad, India (13 May 2016) ― Over 100 participants including researchers, data analysts, computer programmers, developers and stakeholders came together at a two-day Read more...
New initiative to help Sorghum and Millet farmers increase their yields in spite of high temperatures and low rainfall
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (May 11, 2016). A dryland cereals improvement project ‘HOPE Phase 2’ aimed at improving productivity of sorghum, pearl millet Read more...
Boosting agripreneurship development in Karnataka
Hyderabad, India (06 May 2016) ― Giving new dimensions to agripreneurship development and to enhance agricultural growth through innovation and partnerships, a Memorandum Read more...
ICRISAT Governing Board calls for strengthening partnerships in drought hit Zimbabwe to benefit smallholder farmers
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (22 April 2016) ― Increasing and expanding the production of small grains such as legumes and millets, are critical for overcoming Read more...
First six underprivileged South African youth trained to be future agri-preneurs
Hyderabad, India (7 March 2016) — A first group of six South African youth have successfully completed a four month agricultural training Read more...
New sorghum varieties released in Nigeria with higher iron, yields and drought resilience
Nigeria (26 February 2016)— — The release of two new nutritionally high sorghum varieties, one with three times higher iron content, will Read more...
The first genome code of cultivated peanut cracked by international group of researchers
Hyderabad, India (23 February 2016)— — In a scientific breakthrough that promises accelerated gene discovery and development of improved peanut (also known Read more...
World CSR Day: ICRISAT wins two CSR awards for work on climate change and community development
Hyderabad, India (18 February 2016)— — For its science-backed development the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) received awards Read more...