Generating momentum: International Year of Millets 2023 (IYOM 23)
17 September 2022, India: The webinar ‘Leveraging Millets for Nutrition and Health’ organised by ICRISAT’s Agribusiness and Innovation Platform has highlighted ICRISAT’s
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Ozone pollution: an underappreciated issue in agriculture
15 September 2022, EU: Much of the attention surrounding air pollution in developing countries tends to focus on its impact on human
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ICRISAT alumnus wins Borlaug Field Award for work on biofortified pearl millet
15 September 2022, Iowa: Former ICRISAT scientist Dr Mahalingam Govindaraj has been named the 2022 recipient of the Norman E Borlaug Award for
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“Forbidden fruit” the star in Gisborne orchard’s citrus line-up
13 September 2022, NZ: One of the things Murray Burgess loves about his grapefruit crop is the fruit’s versatility. He can
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A Conversation with Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, the 2022 Borlaug Field Research Award Recipient
13 September 2022, New Delhi: The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, a Senior Scientist for Crop Development
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Pretreating soil with Ethanol may help to save wheat and rice from draught
12 September 2022, New Delhi: Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center
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In a first, ICRISAT uses X-ray to assess peanuts’ quality
12 September 2022, Hyderabad: X-ray radiography is being widely used as a medical and airport scanner. Now, for the first time in
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Ravi Singh recognized for wheat crop improvement
11 September 2022, India: Ravi Singh, head of wheat improvement and rust research at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
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Winner of BGRI Gene Stewardship Award announced
10 September 2022, Mexico: This year’s Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) Gene Stewardship Award recipients have been recognized for their innovative research tackling the
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Connecting geospatial tech to villages for better agricultural planning
09 September 2022, West Africa: Geospatial experts from West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal), Rwanda, and the
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