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...
Small millets make a big splash on germplasm field day at ICRISAT
To enhance the use of millets germplasm in India’s crop improvement efforts, ICRISAT’s Genebank recently showcased the genetic diversity in its small Read more...
More vigilance, regional cooperation needed to check emerging plant health threats
Locusts, Fall armyworm, wheat blast, banana Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 and UG99 – a virulent strain of wheat stem rust, are Read more...
COVID-19-measures, daily laborers and their nutrition
Containing COVID-19 is indispensable. But without social safety nets, the effects on daily laborers in Africa could be disastrous. Drive along any Read more...
How we can use the COVID-19 disruption to improve food systems and address the climate emergency
At first glance, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have nothing to do with the climate emergency. Over the last month, COVID-19 has Read more...
New EU-funded project to improve food and nutrition security in Mali, to benefit 40,000 people
A new project aimed at improving food and nutrition security in Mali by enhancing crop productivity and climate resilience was recently launched Read more...
How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
Farmers around the world can be helped to grow the best food that is fit for future generations with help from a new development in the partnership between the University of Reading and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
South Africa says Namaste to Ahlan!
Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 April 2016 by Showkat Rather – Achieving food and nutritional security along with ensuring equal rights to women is Read more...
Genomics technologies ensure food and nutritional security
ICRISAT scientists participated in the National Seminar on “Omics Technologies for Better Food and Nutrition”. Dr Mahendar Thudi, Scientist – Applied Genomics Read more...