Towards creating more ‘smart’ villages
03 August 2022, New Delhi: It’s time to build on the gains of a project conceptualized to make rural India
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Two pearl millet varieties with superior forage yields released in India
01 August 2022, New Delhi: The release of these new varieties from ICRISAT breeding material is significant given the recurrent
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Calling entrepreneurs eyeing the ag and food-tech start-up domain
29 July 2022, New Delhi: If your business spans from the farm gate to the food plate here is a chance
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Agri-Genomics Startup Piatrika Biosystems raises $1.2 Million in Seed Funding led by Ankur Capital
28 July 2022, UK: Piatrika Biosystems incubated out of NIAB, UK and ICRISAT, India raises $1.2 Million in Seed Funding Led
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ICRISAT and UK experts discuss policies & alliances to mainstream climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture
28 July 2022, UK: To develop actions to mitigate climate change-induced risks in agriculture, a panel of experts shared their global
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Millet and groundnut can avert the looming food and edible oil crisis in Africa
27 July 2022, Africa: Crops like sorghum, pearl millet and groundnut traditionally grown and consumed in Africa have huge potential to lessen
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Communication strategies to support the fight against fall armyworm
21 July 2022, Africa: Recognizing the key role communication strategies play in fighting the dreaded fall armyworm, the West and Central African
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: Another wake-up call for home-grown agricultural solutions
Opinion piece by Dr Rebbie Harawa, Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa, ICRISAT. 21 July 2022, Africa: The agriculture crisis precipitated by
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Giving Smallholder Farmers Due Recognition
08 July 2022, India: The recently released “State of Food Security and Nutrition 2022” report paints a grim picture. The number of people
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Chickpea yield in Ethiopia can be doubled by enhancing farmers’ technical knowledge: ICRISAT study
05 July 2022, East Africa: A study led by researchers from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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