Community participation: Greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia
The Aba Gerima watershed covers the upper portion of Lake Tana sub-basin in north-western Ethiopia. Agriculture is its mainstay, with cereal cultivation Read more...
Public and private sector scientists pick pearl millet material for their breeding programs
Public and private sector scientists visited 20,000 pearl millet breeding plots at ICRISAT this week to select material for their breeding programs. Read more...
A good pearl millet hybrid gets even better
A team of researchers in India has bettered an immensely popular pearl millet hybrid, HHB 67 Improved, endowing it with 58% higher Read more...
Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier
Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields five-fold, breaking a three-decade stranglehold on the Read more...
Joining hands with reputed agri university to drive livelihood enhancement for Telangana farmers
A high-level delegation from Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) recently visited our Hyderabad campus and discussed options to collaborate on Read more...
ICRISAT’s holistic approach to agri research appealed to me, says new Deputy Director General-Research
A breeder who started out studying chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, and then worked for long on rice, Dr Arvind Kumar is happy Read more...
New partnership inked with AGRA to boost improved technology uptake in Africa’s agriculture
ICRISAT-led AVISA project is partnering with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to enhance uptake of modern technologies, including Read more...
Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps Malian farmers save for children’s schooling
Double yields from improved varieties, access to storage facilities and timely credit through the warrantage system has kept sorghum farmers in Mali Read more...
FAO workshop highlights Tropical Legumes III seed system initiatives in Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) selected several locations of the Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project to illustrate the learning of Read more...