Repurposing Public Policies for Sustainable Water Management in Indian Agriculture
The importance of sustainable management of water in a changing climate cannot be over-emphasized. Depleting water resources, besides land degradation and desertification; Read more...
Goats Against Climate Change
Earlier this year, Cyclone Idai swept across Mozambique. Its powerful winds and heavy rains led to massive floods, hundreds of deaths, and the large-scale destruction of crops and property. An estimated 140,000 people were displaced, and six months later, nearly one million people, including 160,000 children under five, are still facing food shortages and a nutrition crisis...
Actionable policies to make Indian agriculture climate-resilient
Climate change is one of the most extreme challenges Indian agriculture is facing today and will have to deal with in future. There have been overwhelming and growing scientific evidences to establish that the world is getting warmer due to climate change and such increasing weather variabilities and worsening extremes will impact the agriculture sector more and more adversely...
‘Science of Discovery to Science of Delivery’ discussed at University of Cambridge
Partnerships are key to deliver on ICRISAT’s mission of ‘Science of Discovery to Science of Delivery’. To discuss several of ICRISAT’s ongoing Read more...
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...
How long will Delhi gasp for breath?
Delhi is considered one of the most polluted cities in the world. Air pollution is caused due to rising number of vehicles, Read more...
New chickpea breeding protocol promises to bring down varietal development time from 12 years to 6 years
Rapid Generation Advancement promises to be a simple yet cost effective solution ICRISAT’s chickpea researchers have developed a breeding protocol that holds Read more...
Want to ensure food security? Outsmart climate change to protect crops from pests, diseases and weeds
Climate change makes the challenge of crop protection highly formidable, said Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Read more...
Neglected No Longer: Grasspea and Finger Millet Pre-breeding Get a Boost
Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving Read more...
The Seed of the Technology: ISTA conference generates interest in concerns of the drylands
Discussions at the recently concluded congress of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) reflected the seed community’s focus on seed production in Read more...