New sorghum hybrid with preferred market traits developed in partnership with Zimbabwean seed company
A new disease-resistant sorghum hybrid with 23-34% higher yield, best suited for brewing, food and forage and adaptable to diverse agro-ecologies in Read more...
Zimbabwe’s First Lady emphasizes crop research during visit to ICRISAT
Looking to pull rural communities out of poverty through millets and sorghum, Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Ms Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, visited ICRISAT’s Matopos Read more...
Meeting with the Zimbabwe President – Matopos Research Center to be positioned as a world-class facility
The commitment to Zimbabwe’s agriculture was reinforced by ICRISAT’s Director General Dr Peter Carberry during his meeting with the President of Zimbabwe Read more...
New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in irrigation schemes in Africa are often not Read more...
Moving away from silos, working towards ‘synthesis’ of learnings
A special ‘Synthesis’ issue that collates research outputs from participating CGIAR centers was one of the key action points discussed at a Read more...
Modern, cutting-edge, collaborative – management of breeding data receives a boost across Africa
A hackathon, data migration and capacity building – it was a busy month for ICRISAT’s efforts to modernize databases and strengthen breeding Read more...
Curious youngsters visit ICRISAT Bulawayo and Matopos Research Institute
The day-out started with 25 young boys and girls, aged 8 to 16, from the neighboring Ethandweni Children’s Home and homeschoolers from Read more...
Platform for innovation and collaboration strengthened at AgMIP7
AgMIP, a unique community of practice for innovation, provided a pathway on addressing major global and national challenges at its 7th Global Read more...
Innovation platforms help dryland communities shift to climate-smart thinking
Small farmers will have to innovate fast to adapt to more extreme and recurrent climate stresses From 6-17 November, the world’s governments Read more...
Seamless crop-livestock integration in drought-prone Zimbabwe: Discovering and adopting more profitable and sustainable farming through innovation platforms
“Last year was a drought year and the only crop we harvested was mucuna. This year we experienced water logging and again Read more...