Millets prove tasty solution to climate and food security challenges
A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical to reducing over-reliance on more commonly grown 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...
Odisha government, ICRISAT ink new agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups
Odisha Chief Minister Mr Naveen Patnaik announced the collaboration on 2 March 2021 The Government of Odisha is collaborating with ICRISAT to Read more...
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...
Symposium on impact of climate resilient agricultural practices
A symposium highlighting work done by Dr Suhas Wani, former Research Program Director, Asia Program, ICRISAT, in natural resource management and dryland Read more...