ICRISAT Wins SERVIR West Africa Phase 2 Implementation Award
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is pleased to announce the award of a five-year cooperative agreement by USAID to implement the second phase of SERVIR West Africa. Read more
Forging partnerships in Mali: ICRISAT’s work draws collaborators
Teams from Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and Sasakawa Africa Association visited ICRISAT-Mali to Read more...
Indian soil laboratory network in the making
A soil laboratory network at the national level will be established in partnership with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research under the aegis Read more...
China and CGIAR ramping up joint work in dryland agriculture
A Center of Excellence on Dryland Agriculture (CEDA) already established will now expand to a co-hosted China and CGIAR international conference on Read more...
Partnerships to advance global peanut research
Highlighting the importance of partnerships to advance global groundnut research, a mini symposium organized at the Auburn University, Alabama, USA, explored new Read more...
CGIAR stakeholder meeting for South Asia strengthens collaborations
A pan-CGIAR collaborative proposal development on nutrition-sensitive agriculture, opportunities for a pest and disease platform and intensifying work on rice fallows were Read more...
Harnessing technology to foster advanced small-scale food processing in Africa
Connecting technology with open innovation will revolutionize agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics, participants of a training course on small-scale food processing recognized. Read more...
Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened
The Department of Agriculture Research (DAR), Myanmar, has enhanced its partnership with ICRISAT for close collaboration in agriculture research, with a focus on grain legumes and Smart Food (consumer and industry) approaches with millets, sorghum and legumes.
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...
Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold initiative to create a big new industry, with the intent of bringing some Smart Foods back on the plate as major staples.