The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be a very tasty ingredient. It is with Read more...
Giving youth roots and wings for a better agricultural future in Kenya
Programs provide income-generation opportunities for young Kenyan farmers From equipping young women and men with agronomy skills to helping them set up Read more...
Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has helped transform livelihoods of over 450 farm Read more...
Making seed available for improved adoption of climate smart crops
The central problem facing climate smart crops such as sorghum, millets and pigeonpea, is how to accelerate the adoption of improved varieties– getting Read more...
Nigerian Agriculture Minister endorses groundnut thresher
A motorized groundnut thresher is reducing drudgery for women farmers in rural Nigeria. Introduced in 2015, over 50 threshers have already been Read more...
Groundnut technologies highlighted at National Agriculture Fair in Malawi
Labor-saving and value-addition technologies for groundnut promoted by ICRISAT in collaboration with the Compatible Technologies International (CTI) were among the highlights at Read more...
Feed The Future, USAID, features ICRISAT’s Digital Agriculture work as a case study
As part of a series on the integration of digital technologies into agricultural programs, ICRISAT’s work on digital agriculture was featured as Read more...
Joining the dots between crops, livestock and markets in West Africa
A project that aims to strengthen research in crop-livestock systems, to substantially change lives and livelihood of farmers in Western Africa, was launched earlier this month. There has been little investment in research and development for crop-livestock systems with market linkages.
Strengthening Synergies between Groundnut Projects in Nigeria
Groundnut is acknowledged to be important to Nigeria’s economy – both commercially and nutritionally. The most commonly grown crop in Nigeria, the Read more...
Social entrepreneurs are changing the food system in Asia – and contributing to bringing back Smart Foods
Social entrepreneurs are a growing movement in Asia, and although each one is a relatively small player, together they can galvanize and Read more...