Soil health learnings from across the world
Soils are a critical natural resource, but their health has degraded in many current agricultural systems according to soil health expert Prof. Harold Read more...
New project bets on ‘seeing is believing’ to improve farm livelihoods and landscape management in Tanzania
A new initiative aims to create learning sites that showcase proven agro-ecological practices, improve their adoption and institutionalize them in a participatory Read more...
Forging a new alliance to build sustainable agri models using soil science expertise
ICRISAT will use its decades of experience and expertise in soil health management to help Indian farmers grow higher-yielding crops for greater Read more...
Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
In the semi-arid tropics water is a precious resource that often does not trickle down to small farms. Farmers who can Read more...
Odisha government, ICRISAT ink new agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups
Odisha Chief Minister Mr Naveen Patnaik announced the collaboration on 2 March 2021 The Government of Odisha is collaborating with ICRISAT to Read more...
Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: How an upland watershed got its groundwater back
The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down, such as the one we reported in Read more...
Mahindra & Mahindra-ICRISAT collaboration bags ‘Best Watershed’ recognition
The India CSR Network has awarded Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) for its watershed development efforts in India’s Telangana state. The efforts Read more...
History meets hydrology in a South Indian district’s perilous water gap
Kolar district, in India’s southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a district of tanks: its landscape is dotted Read more...
Scale-up of integrated drought management gets nod from State Minister in Uttar Pradesh, India
Impressed with the rapid pace and impact of the Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) initiative and other interventions in Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh Read more...
Drought-prone landscape turns green
Kalahandi district in Odisha, India, has suffered from repeated droughts and famines for several decades, causing great hardships to the local farmers. Read more...