Book launch: Enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms
A new book, highlighting successful practices and guiding principles based on 12 years of research and implementation across eight countries in Africa Read more...
Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened
The Department of Agriculture Research (DAR), Myanmar, has enhanced its partnership with ICRISAT for close collaboration in agriculture research, with a focus on grain legumes and Smart Food (consumer and industry) approaches with millets, sorghum and legumes.
Sehgal Foundation and Smart Food align to intensify efforts
Sehgal Foundation is aligning some big initiatives with the Smart Food Endowment Fund to help create a bigger movement. This will bring more attention to Smart Foods like millet, sorghum and grain legumes.
Fighting Malnutrition Among Farmers
Farmers are the nutrition providers of any nation. They are responsible for producing food for the entire nation. Ironically, they are Read more...
Over 6,000 farmers to benefit from agribusiness initiatives in Andhra Pradesh, India
Over 6,000 farmers in Andhra Pradesh will move to an improved business model for better value chains and better incomes through an Read more...
CGIAR Launches Program to Improve Rural Economies and Nutrition through Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
Hyderabad [1 January 2018]: The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals Agri-food Systems (CRP GLDC) launched focused on increasing Read more...
Raising smallholder legume farmers’ productivity in Myanmar through MyPulses
Smallholder farmers in Myanmar engaged in legume farming have benefited from the strong partnership between Myanmar and ICRISAT, India, in grain legumes Read more...
Impact of release of 256 new legume and 119 dryland cereal varieties and hybrids in 40 countries reviewed
The impact of 256 new legume and 119 dryland cereal varieties developed and released in partnership with National Agricultural Research Systems under Read more...
Increasingly streamlined research delivers towards the Sustainable Development Goals: CGIAR Research Programs on Dryland Cereals and Grain Legumes
Hyderabad, India │ 07 November 2016 ― Two global CGIAR research programs on legumes and dryland cereals are helping improve farmers’ productivity and Read more...
Breeding must keep pace with emerging diseases in pulses
As climate variabilities increase, this has led to a change in the number and types of diseases that afflict pulses. To overcome Read more...