Niger Minister meets India’s senior agriculture officials
To strengthen ties between Niger and India in areas of agriculture, Mr Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Minister – Special Advisor to the President of Read more...
Collaborating to innovate for India’s agriculture research: ICAR – ICRISAT finalize 5-year action plan
Improved crops, nutrition-sensitive agriculture on the cards New Delhi, 31 January 2019: A five-year plan for Indian agricultural research was finalized with Read more...
New high-oil variant draws farmers to groundnut production in western India
On the scenic slopes of Western Ghats, fondly called ‘Sahyadris’ or the benevolent mountains in the state of Maharashtra, the groundnut is Read more...
Two new machine-harvestable chickpea varieties released in India: A case of demand-driven innovation
Two new machine harvestable chickpea varieties ICCV 08102 (RVG 204) and ICCV 08108 (Phule Vikram) were released recently in the Indian states Read more...
Developing climate smart crops is focus of ICAR and ICRISAT partnership in India
New Delhi, India (16 March 2017) ― Climate smart crops, smart food and digitalization of breeding database are some of the core Read more...
Helping chickpea farmers meet climate change
A new project to improve chickpea adaptation to environmental challenges was recently launched at ICRISAT – India. The primary focus is: salinity Read more...