Bring back millets to the table
For building a common understanding on the activities for the upcoming International Year of Millets 2023, a team from FAO visited ICRISAT-India. Read more...
Ensuring the safety of our seeds
With the recent shipment of 3702 accessions, 91% of ICRISAT’s genebank collection has been safety duplicated at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Read more...
The work of genebanks can never stop
Genebanks have been and will continue to be vital for global biological diversity and food security in the long run, said genebank experts at a recent interview with the Global Landscapes Forum...
World Quality Day observed at Genebank
ICRISAT’s Genebank recently observed ‘World Quality Day’ with a session on Quality Management for its staff. The session was held to strengthen Read more...
How we work to ensure pest-free exchange of plant genetic resources
Phytosanitation – prevention of introduction of plant pests into new areas – is critical to maintaining and sharing of plant genetic material. Read more...
Why seed conservation and genebanks are crucial for maintaining biodiversity
With climate change threatening crop diversity, genebanks take on the crucial role of being the source of biological genetic diversity In 2012 Read more...
Crop diversity takes centerstage with 10th anniversary of Svalbard Global Seed Vault
ICRISAT scientist receives global Legacy Award for contribution towards protection of crop diversity Dr Hari D Upadhyaya from ICRISAT, India, has received Read more...
ICRISAT Scientist receives global award for being a custodian of crop diversity
Dr Hari D Upadhyaya from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India, has received the global Legacy Awards, along with six other scientists, for exceptional contribution through his lifetime’s work on preservation of crop diversity.
Preserving the genetic diversity of dryland crops for posterity: The role of phytosanitation
The ICRISAT genebank in India chronicles over 10,000 years of cultivated dryland crops history. It conserves over 120,494 accessions of dryland cereals Read more...