Zimbabwe

Dr Peter Carberry, Director General, ICRISAT (third from left), met the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa (second from right) at his office in Harare on 27 February. Photo: ICRISAT

Meeting with the Zimbabwe President – Matopos Research Center to be positioned as a world-class facility

01 Mar 2019

The commitment to Zimbabwe’s agriculture was reinforced by ICRISAT’s Director General Dr Peter Carberry during his meeting with the President of Zimbabwe...

New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact

16 Nov 2018

Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in irrigation schemes in Africa are often not...

A presentation made at the workshop shows the stark difference in landscapes in Ethiopia – (L) without interventions and (R) with sustainable intensification. Photo: ICRISAT

Moving away from silos, working towards ‘synthesis’ of learnings

02 Nov 2018

A special ‘Synthesis’ issue that collates research outputs from participating CGIAR centers was one of the key action points discussed at a...

Participants at the Hackathon. Photo: ICRISAT

Modern, cutting-edge, collaborative – management of breeding data receives a boost across Africa

10 Aug 2018

A hackathon, data migration and capacity building – it was a busy month for ICRISAT’s efforts to modernize databases and strengthen breeding...

Exploring the food lab Seed samples of ICRISAT mandate crops Photo: ICRISAT Bulawayo

Curious youngsters visit ICRISAT Bulawayo and Matopos Research Institute

05 Jun 2018

The day-out started with 25 young boys and girls, aged 8 to 16, from the neighboring Ethandweni Children’s Home and homeschoolers from...

Platform for innovation and collaboration strengthened at AgMIP7

14 May 2018

AgMIP, a unique community of practice for innovation, provided a pathway on addressing major global and national challenges at its 7th Global...

Photo: A woman farmer checks the quality of a new groundnut variety during a participatory varietal selection trial. in Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe. Groundnut is seen by AgMIP scientists as a climate-smart crop as this legume is nutritious, soil-enriching and resilient to climate change (Credits: Sabine Homann Kee-Tui)

Science-policy dialogue around future farming ‘scenarios’ for climate smart agriculture

14 Dec 2017

Food on our plates, be it meat or pulses, rice or millets, and how and where it is produced can be a...

Communal farmers cultivate maize crops in Mvuma district, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, January 26, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Innovation platforms help dryland communities shift to climate-smart thinking

07 Nov 2017

Small farmers will have to innovate fast to adapt to more extreme and recurrent climate stresses From 6-17 November, the world’s governments...

Mucuna, a high protein, drought-tolerant legume not only improves soil fertility and resists Striga, but also helps smallholder crop-livestock farmers cope with climate change. (Photo: Patricia Masikati/ICRISAT)

Seamless crop-livestock integration in drought-prone Zimbabwe: Discovering and adopting more profitable and sustainable farming through innovation platforms

06 Nov 2017

“Last year was a drought year and the only crop we harvested was mucuna. This year we experienced water logging and again...

How to scale up the initial success of crop-livestock innovation platforms in Zimbabwe?

22 Sep 2017

Scaling IPs or scaling the innovations? Experiences from ZimCLIFS, Semi-Arid Region in Zimbabwe from ICRISAT Goats and cattle are crucial for the...