Smart Food

Mr U Naing Kyi Win (2nd from right), DG, DAR, and Dr Peter Carberry, DG, ICRISAT, along with Dr Pooran Gaur, RPD-Asia (1st from right) and Ms Joanna Kane-Potaka, ADG-External Relations, ICRISAT (Extreme left), at DAR, Myanmar. Photo: J Ashok, ICRISAT

Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened

28 Jun 2019

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.

Participants in the meeting, ICRISAT Samanko. Photo: ICRISAT

National food and nutrition investment in Mali to get a boost

27 May 2019

Mali’s next food security investment plan would be more sensitive to agriculture and nutrition, and requires involvement of all key actors including...

Kikatiti farmers who were motivated to grow pigeonpea. Photo: Jayashree B, ICRISAT

Several thousand waiting tons

10 May 2019

Balancing pigeonpea interests across two continents Ashish Goswami looks reflectively at the large godown, in Arusha, Tanzania, the white bags accentuating the...

Strategic initiatives investment update: science and innovation as pillars

19 Apr 2019

Building the institute’s competitive edge and core competencies, while at the same time identifying research gaps in agriculture, are key to moving...

A group of women who are leading a push back to traditional grains dance in Marimanti ward of Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi county. Photo: Eleanor Manyasa, ICRISAT

The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune

05 Apr 2019

How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun can help Mary Kathini pulls me into...

Pearl millet is an essential food crop for millions in Asia and Africa. Crop Trust and ICRISAT are working with wild varieties to improve domestic pearl millet. Photo: PS Rao, ICRISAT

Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate

29 Mar 2019

The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour are a highly nutritious staple...

Prof Pingali and Ms Diama at the congress. Photo: ICRISAT

How Smart Food can transform food, combat malnutrition and hunger

15 Mar 2019

This topic was introduced to participants during the 4th International Congress Hidden Hunger at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, on 28...

Niger government takes higher stand on pearl millet

08 Mar 2019

First Lady of Niger becomes Smart Food Ambassador Niger’s inaugural national Millet Festival Smart Food Master Class conducted for preparations of Pearl...