UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action
Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), led a high-level delegation to discuss climate-resilient agriculture, biodiversity and sustainability during his visit to the ICRISAT here on Thursday. Read more
Creating a team of young scientists equipped with tech tools to fight pests and diseases
A recent workshop on pest and disease modeling for crops was conducted for young scientists from various parts of India, by the Read more...
Upskilling climate change experts in Mali: Training begins with live project synopsis
A training program initiated by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is upskilling climate change professionals in Mali from various streams ranging Read more...
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...