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...
Significant progress in pearl millet pre-breeding to develop drought- and blast-resistant varieties
Efforts to develop pearl millet with improved resistance to drought and blast disease recently got a major boost. The identification of promising Read more...
Enabling Marginalized Farmers to Have a Say in Crop Cultivar Selection
In Indervelly village, North Telangana, India, a few weeks after the last rains in mid-November, cotton seeds are ripening, ready for harvest Read more...
Sorghum farming helps Kenyan farmers cope with drought
Most parts of Kenya went without rain in the year 2016. According to the Kenyan Government a total of 1.3 million Kenyans Read more...
Unlocking the full potential of genetics gains
Strategies to integrate activities across research programs, and promoting collaboration and integration among scientists, were some of the key aspects discussed during Read more...