Historical socio-economic data critical for research and policy making, say agricultural economists
ICRISAT’s socio-economic data sets for India at the district and village levels, collated over several decades, are vital for researchers, institutions and Read more...
Beating drought one text at a time
Scientists, meteorologists, start-ups and Microsoft India are coming together to crunch weather data to help farmers beat climate risks and boost yield Read more...
A peek at India’s Next Generation Agromet Advisory Services
Data with the Indian government suggests that agromet advisories have the potential to yield benefits worth over US $ 430 billion for Read more...
CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations
Over US$ 1 million worth of grants were awarded to eight winners of the Inspire Challenge during CGIAR’s 2019 BIG DATA convention Read more...
Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building trust is key to securing the benefits of Read more...
Exploring the potential of data driven agriculture in increasing farm productivity and profitability
Scientists, researchers, members from the industry and administrators from the public sector came together at ICRISAT in an international conference to ask Read more...