Senegalese chef champions the benefits of Smart Food through social media

07 May 2018

J’ai rejoint le mouvement et vous? I’ve joined the movement, and you? Aissatou M’Baye, the Senegalese culinary blogger based in Paris, became...

Srikanth B. at the conference. Photo: S. Dattamazumdar

Global meet repositions sorghum as vital 21st century cereal

30 Apr 2018

After a gap of over two decades, more than 400 researchers from the global sorghum research community, including Dr Gebisa Ejeta, World...

Participants at the meeting in Kano, Nigeria Photo: L. Omoigui

Review of TL III and HOPE II projects highlights the role of synergy

30 Apr 2018

Stakeholders of legume and cereal value chains in Nigeria identified recent successes and set goals for the next cropping season at the...

Call to promote the hidden treasures of ‘Future Smart Food’ for Zero Hunger

20 Apr 2018

In an important FAO executive summary on ‘Future Smart Food’, ICRISAT scientists Dr. Suhas Wani and Dr. Gajanan Sawargaonkar suggest that strategically...

Sorghum in the 21st Century – Food, Feed and Fuel in a Rapidly Changing World

09 Apr 2018

“Sorghum in the 21st Century: Food, Feed and Fuel in a Rapidly Changing World” will be the first global sorghum conference in...

Millets and Sorghum: Forgotten Foods for the Future

05 Apr 2018

Millets and sorghum are grains that are nutrient-rich, drought-tolerant crops and can support communities around the world. The International Crop Research Institute...

Enabling Marginalized Farmers to Have a Say in Crop Cultivar Selection

25 Jan 2018

In Indervelly village, North Telangana, India, a few weeks after the last rains in mid-November, cotton seeds are ripening, ready for harvest...

Abdullahi Shehu (standing second from right) with other farmers interested in experimenting with the improved variety CF35.5.

Potential of new improved sorghum varieties boosts farmers’ confidence in Nigeria

29 Nov 2017

“Friends have come to me asking for seeds of the two improved varieties to grow in their own fields. I said yes!...

Mr Jackson Ramadhani in his farm in Nkungi Village, Iramba District, Tanzania. Photo: C. Wangari, ICRISAT

Farmers in East Africa on the move beyond subsistence farming

27 Oct 2017

From subsistence to commercial sorghum farming “I was struggling to provide a livelihood for my family. But now I harvest more sorghum...

Farmer Maleki and his son now grow foxtail and proso millet on their fields. Photo: ICRISAT

“I turned the desert green with sorghum”

27 Oct 2017

On invitation from AREEO, a delegation from ICRISAT travelled to Iran to explore opportunities for collaboration towards transforming Iran’s agricultural systems. ICRISAT’s expertise in dryland crops can help Iran move towards sustainable agricultural practices to cope with climate change and environmental degradation.

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