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Seydou Yolo (in red cap) at a seed producers’ training on the biological control of the millet head miner at Sevare, Mopti region, Mali. Photo: CRS

Transforming sorghum and millet cropping systems through diffusion of quality seed and best bet agronomic practices

02 Aug 2019

Eight months of the year was the most farmer Seydou Yolo’s harvest would last to feed his family of two wives and...

Dr Moses Siambi, Research Program Director - Eastern & Southern Africa and Country Representative, Kenya. Photo: Liam Wright, ICRISAT

Insights into new nutrition and food approaches in Africa

26 Jul 2019

Across Africa the diets are changing. Twenty years ago rice was not a very common food in Africa. It was bought and consumed on occasions because the price was high. But the price of rice coming from the East, is cheap and is comparable to some of the cereals. Because of the low price, there was a big move towards rice consumption. Also, the countries in Africa have developed irrigation schemes and the local production is converting to rice.

Knowledge + passion: Women’s recipe in millet and sorghum production in Mali

26 Jul 2019

Two women’s associations in Sikasso, Mali are changing the status of pearl millet and sorghum, using these crops to diversify and improve...

Members of the innovative platform of Yorosso. Photo: Malimark

The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali

19 Jul 2019

Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in his hometown of Yorosso. Today he is...

Mali Minister of Agriculture, Moulaye Ahmed Boubacar (foreground left) interacting with Dr John Nzungize (right). Also seen in the picture are Ambassador Dennis B Hankins (in the center), and Dr Ramadjita Tabo (left back). Photo: USAID

US Government renews commitment to Mali’s food security and agriculture-led economic growth

15 Jul 2019

Renewing its commitment to investments in Mali, USAID’s partnership declaration event at the US Embassy, Mali, brought together high-level participants including from...

One of the technologies developed by MISST being demonstrated to Dr Alexander Bulilani, Controller of Agriculture and Extension Services (3rd from right). Photo: Stuart Mkuwamba, ICRISAT

Fifty technologies in five years – Feed the Future, MISST project shares outcomes in Malawi

28 Jun 2019

Over 245,000 households reached 14,500 MT of seed produced, over 50 technologies developed – these are some of the highlights presented on...

Hands-on training program on aflatoxin detection

03 May 2019

To check for aflatoxin contamination in their products, groundnut value chain stakeholders in Bangladesh attended a hands-on training program. Participants learnt to...

Dr. Jaba Jagadish, Scientist – Entomology, ICRISAT, demonstrating the damage caused by FAW at the ICRSIAT Campus, Hyderabad.

Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm

01 May 2019

Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional Workshop on Fall Armyworm Management in Asia” organized in Hyderabad. The Fall Armyworm (FAW) is one of the most destructive crop pests and has invaded crops in India and other countries in the region including Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar and Sri Lanka....

The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary

12 Apr 2019

Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be a very tasty ingredient. It is with...

Key delegates including Hon. Japeth Hasunga, Agriculture Minister, Tanzania; Dr Jeff Ehlers, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Dr Peter Carberry, Director General, ICRISAT, at the launch of the AVISA project. Photo: ICRISAT

Giving youth roots and wings for a better agricultural future in Kenya