‘Contour bunding’ preserves soils and boosts farmers’ incomes by 20% in Mali – new study
A simple innovation can go a long way to help lives and livelihood of farmers in the drylands. A team of ICRISAT Read more...
Distant cousins of domesticated crops harbor traits to feed a hungry planet
Recently, scientists found that more frequent flooding caused by storm and rainfall along with erratic temperature are responsible for the resurgence of phytophthora blight, a devastating disease that weakens pigeonpea stems irrespective of soil types and cropping patterns.
Looking beyond the big staples
Improving nutrition through diet diversification and better food systems is key to good health and for this, we need to look beyond Read more...
Resilience over profitability: Could agricultural research deliver on both?
A new study that looked at the recent research strategy vis-à-vis 45-years of research done by ICRISAT shows that distinct objectives of resilience and profitability have emerged. Sometimes technologies evolve in the labs or on farmers fields and what is good for developing resilience of smallholder farmers turns out to be effective in enhancing profitability or vice versa. Thus highlighting the intent to conduct research with clear focus and to have an open mind at the same time.
Agriculture Policy: An actionable strategy to make doubling of farmers’ income possible
The Modi government has further launched a number of schemes for achieving sustainable agricultural growth. The focus is now on the “profitability” Read more...
Enabling Marginalized Farmers to Have a Say in Crop Cultivar Selection
In Indervelly village, North Telangana, India, a few weeks after the last rains in mid-November, cotton seeds are ripening, ready for harvest Read more...
Oil super rich groundnut ICGV 03043 ready to quench India’s thirst for peanut oil
“I’m very pleased with new groundnut variety ICGV 03043 because its seed rate is low, it requires less fertilizer and pesticides, and Read more...
Breathing life into dying soils in harsh landscapes of the Ethiopian Highlands
As the Global Landscapes Forum – the world’s largest science-led platform on sustainable land use – begins on December 19 in Bonn, Read more...
How do we fight the Fall armyworm, the new wound of African agriculture ?
Two years after its first detection in West Africa, this invasive caterpillar is threatening the food security of millions of small farmers Read more...
Women empowerment is key to food and economic security in Malawi
Improved legume and dryland seed varieties together with training in technologies and agronomic practices provided by small-scale farmer clubs in Malawi are proving to be a cost-effective way of reducing hunger and malnutrition and empowering women.