The voices of rural people most affected by the climate crisis are not being heard
Today, millions of school children are expected to congregate across major cities in the latest round of school climate strikes, fighting for Read more...
Beyond the silence: How can we create healthier food choices for people in Bulawayo townships?
The resilience of Zimbabweans is being tested. Currently facing hyperinflation at 300% and high food costs (bread prices up by 60%), citizens Read more...
Eat Local, Eat Seasonal, Eat Variety, Eat Healthy
A friend in the international nutrition community once narrated me an interesting interaction with few tribals in their project area. While making the villagers aware about the benefits of traditional foods like millets for a healthy living...
The nexus between agri-food value chains and nutrition
Multi-stakeholder policy dialog in Malawi Malawi has prioritized improving food security for its people through maize-oriented policies and investments. This has, however, Read more...
Digital agriculture holds great promise for agricultural development
One of the first things that occurs to me when I think about Digital Agriculture is the ICT4D conference. ICRISAT has been Read more...
Innovation Platforms: Malawian agriculture drumming to a new beat
Agriculture is about people. People talk all the time, but not always about the right stuff! The most effective way to find Read more...
Feeling the pulse: Towards better self-sufficiency in pulses in India
A multi-pronged approach including quality seed availability and increased profitability for farmers can help India bridge the demand-supply gap in pulses, says Read more...
Curious youngsters visit ICRISAT Bulawayo and Matopos Research Institute
The day-out started with 25 young boys and girls, aged 8 to 16, from the neighboring Ethandweni Children’s Home and homeschoolers from Read more...
Climate-proofing Indian agriculture
Climate change has perhaps posed the most extreme challenges that agriculture in India and across the world has to deal with today and in the future. There is now scientific consensus that the world is getting warmer due to climate change and such increasing weather variability and worsening extremes will impact the agriculture sector more and more adversely.
A ‘trash’ course on Ag Plastics
The last time I attended a talk on trash was at the ICRISAT headquarters based in India, where a group had come Read more...