Closer to delivering more produce and income to smallholder farmers
Farmers’ preferences, high yields, and resistance to drought, pests and diseases will be the priority for scientists. Partners of the project Delivering Read more...
Riding high on chickpea’s growth
Scientists call for sustained research to accelerate crop improvement Scientists from Asia and Africa called for sustaining research efforts to reap greater Read more...
Multinational training workshop on analytical tools builds momentum on crop improvement
It is a really exciting time for crop improvement with new tools available and a modernization agenda. ICRISAT and other CGIAR institutions Read more...
Top honour for ICRISAT’s Dr Rajeev K Varshney
Receives American Society of Agronomy fellowship for contributions to Genomics & Molecular breeding Hyderabad, 22 November 2018: The American Society of Agronomy Read more...
Seed Security for Food Security Forum – a 2017 Borlaug Dialogue Side Event
An official side event of the World Food Prize 2017 Borlaug Dialogue, the Forum brings together a diverse group of influential contributors Read more...
Pearl millet genome reveals how this cereal survives temperatures over 42 degrees Celsius
Hyderabad (19 September 2017) ― Rising temperatures and frequency of extreme climate events like heat waves in many parts of the world Read more...
Welcoming Dr Yilma Kebede as ICRISAT Fellow
Dr Yilma Kebede, noted agricultural scientist, was recently appointed as an ICRISAT Fellow. Dr Kebede brings with him a sterling academic background Read more...
Crop Genomics: Present and Future
ICRISAT’s Center of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a three-day conference during Dec 6-8, 2017, at ICRISAT Read more...
Understanding mutation breeding for drought tolerance in crops
Mutation breeding is an effective technique to increase resilience to drought in crops grown in drought-prone countries. At a recent training course Read more...
Developing climate-smart crops focus of ICAR and ICRISAT partnership in India
Climate-smart crops, Smart Food and modernization of breeding database are some of the core areas of research in a new agreement between Read more...