To address these pressing issues, ICRISAT's global research portfolio aligns
with the unique circumstances of West & Central Africa, Eastern & Southern Africa, and Asia. The
institute aims to support the transition to sustainable and nutritious food systems that prioritize
farmer sustainability, consumer health, and environmental sustainability. By prioritizing innovation
through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, ICRISAT seeks to increase crop productivity,
enhance the production of nutritious crops, and integrate science into practical solutions.
ICRISAT's research programs are organized into three global research domains:
Accelerated Crop
Improvement, Resilient
Farm and Food Systems, and Enabling
Systems Transformation. Each program contributes to ICRISAT's vision of prosperous, food-secure,
and resilient drylands.
The Accelerated Crop Improvement
program genetically enhances crops to maximize their multifunctional benefits in complex and fragile
regions
and works to make new varieties and hybrids available to farmers
The Resilient Farm and Food Systems
program combines ecological components to bolster the resilience of rural systems, employing plant
sciences, agronomy, and technology development.
The Enabling Systems Transformation
program focuses on comprehensive food system improvements by addressing upstream and downstream
elements.
These programs leverage basic research in collaboration with
advanced institutes, national agricultural organisations and the private sector, translating knowledge
and discoveries into innovative products and technologies that respond to local adaptive needs
By fostering partnerships and scaling for impact, ICRISAT ensures the widespread adoption of improved
practices, technologies, and market policies, ultimately creating an enabling environment for lasting
change.
Through these efforts, ICRISAT's research contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), including poverty eradication, zero hunger, gender equality, climate action, and partnerships
for sustainable development in the drylands.
