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...
New project bets on ‘seeing is believing’ to improve farm livelihoods and landscape management in Tanzania
A new initiative aims to create learning sites that showcase proven agro-ecological practices, improve their adoption and institutionalize them in a participatory Read more...
Forging a new alliance to build sustainable agri models using soil science expertise
ICRISAT will use its decades of experience and expertise in soil health management to help Indian farmers grow higher-yielding crops for greater Read more...
Water management and allied activities deliver multiple benefits for farmers in rural South India
Continued efforts, via public-private partnerships, to build resilience in dryland farmers are yielding multi-faceted benefits – about 100 farm ponds with 20,000 Read more...
Odisha government, ICRISAT ink new agriculture partnership for vulnerable tribal groups
Government of Odisha is collaborating with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to strengthen management of natural resources for the benefit of the state’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups that are dependent on agriculture. Accordingly, ICRISAT will undertake capacity building initiatives, water harvesting, recording of hydrological parameters and crop productivity in addition to monitoring land-use as well as land-cover through remote sensing and GIS in 12 districts of Odisha.
Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: How an upland watershed got its groundwater back
The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down, such as the one we reported in Read more...
Scale-up of integrated drought management gets nod from State Minister in Uttar Pradesh, India
Impressed with the rapid pace and impact of the Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) initiative and other interventions in Lalitpur district, Uttar Pradesh Read more...
Director General visits ICRISAT’s Africa centers virtually
Due to travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, virtually toured several stations in East Read more...
New study: CGIAR innovations reach nearly 80% of Ethiopia’s rural households
An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricultural innovations in Ethiopia over the past 20 years. The study Read more...
Doubling Farmers’ Income project gets boost from Agriculture Minister
Strategies to harvest rainwater in drought-prone regions, through the collaborative Doubling Farmers’ Income project, received a boost with inputs from the state Read more...