Equipping farmers to increase sorghum and millet yields and improve profitability of farm produce

10 May 2019

TAAT initiative in the Sahel To contribute to food and nutrition security in seven countries in the Sahel and to improve farmer...

Sorghum field at Kiboko Farm, Kenya. Photo: E Manyasa, ICRISAT

Forging a network to revitalize sorghum and millets in Eastern and Southern Africa

26 Apr 2019

A group of agricultural scientists and other value chain actors, such as processors and seed business houses working with sorghum and millets,...

A Nutrition Officer facilitating a nutrition education class in Makueni. Photo: ICRISAT

Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya

05 Apr 2019

Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has helped transform livelihoods of over 450 farm...

Making seed available for improved adoption of climate smart crops

04 Apr 2019

The central problem facing climate smart crops such as sorghum, millets and pigeonpea, is how to accelerate the adoption of improved varieties– getting...

Study shows consumer acceptance to diversify staples with Smart Foods

08 Mar 2019

A study in Tanzania and Myanmar analyzed consumer acceptance of pigeonpea, millets and sorghum in a variety of forms in both rural...

First Smart Food Culinary Symposium prepares ground for change in millets industry

28 Dec 2018

The first of a series of India-wide Smart Food Culinary Symposia was organized for chefs from major fine dining chains and food...

Placing Smart Food in industrial canteen menus

28 Dec 2018

Opportunities and challenges to bring millets into industrial canteens were brought to the table at an event held in Bengaluru to create...

Collaborating with celebrity chefs in London, Paris and West Africa

24 Dec 2018

Smart Food cooks up momentum with culinary skills from across London to Paris, West Africa and India Three celebrity chefs from Gabon,...

Dr Suresh K Malhotra, Commissioner of Agriculture and Horticulture, Government of India.

FAO nod to India’s ‘Year of Millets – 2023’ proposal

21 Dec 2018

“Good evening from Rome. India presented a proposal for International Year of Millets in FAO Council on 5 December. We succeeded in...

Young chefs face-off in first Smart Food Culinary Challenge

11 Dec 2018

The first Smart Food Culinary Challenge was launched with 58 student chefs from 16 culinary institutes across India. They were competing to...

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