Forging partnerships in Mali: ICRISAT’s work draws collaborators
Teams from Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and Sasakawa Africa Association visited ICRISAT-Mali to Read more...
Climate-smart pigeonpea sparks phenomenal expansion across Malawi
A whopping 49% increase in cropping area, 153 % increase in production and 68 % increase in productivity since 2000 – these Read more...
Striding towards streamlined crop improvement programs
To better accomplish its mission by providing improved crop varieties to smallholder farmers, ICRISAT is overhauling its breeding program with regional crop Read more...
COVID-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
The World Food Programme has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World War II. It predicts a doubling of the number of people going hungry – more than half of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area of genomics-assisted crop breeding for climate-resilient agriculture. Read more...
High demand for climate info in farm planning
Climate-specific guidance is critical to crop planning ahead of monsoon this year for farmers of Hussainapuram and many other villages in Kurnool Read more...
Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali
Two projects were recently launched to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Niger and Mali for increasing food security and improving rural livelihoods. Read more...
Making smallholder farmers more secure: ICRISAT’s contribution to climate research
As nations from around the globe debate the impacts of climate change and discuss sustainable solutions to mitigating them at COP24, we Read more...
A framework to identify suitable on-farm approaches to combat climate change
Comparing ‘climate smart’ agricultural strategies just became easier. A framework that can lead to right farm interventions in these times of changing Read more...
Integrating institutional enabling factors can provide a new avenue to scaling up climate-smart agriculture
New study explores whether and how institutional perspectives are reflected in the global literature on climate-smart agriculture. Published recently in the Read more...