Millet, a Food of the Future for the Sahel Region
Ahead of International Year of Millets 2023, Niger’s International Millet Festival hails the crop as beneficiary for farmers community and
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Icrisat Wins Servir West Africa Phase 2 Implementation Award
13 March 2022, Africa: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is pleased to announce the award of a
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Climate smart crops improve livelihood of farmers in south eastern kenya
05 March 2022, kenya: Increased production and marketing of dryland cereals (sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet) and legumes (pigeonpea, green
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Icrisat@50: engagement with development of agriculture in drylands
01 March 2022, India: Anyone familiar with the combination of ‘biological material’ (high yielding varieties and hybrids), ‘water’ (assured irrigation),
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Icrisat uses satellite data to assess crop cutting experiments for crop yield estimations
22 February 2022, New Delhi: With the central government pushing for an array of digital technologies to propel agricultural growth, researchers
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A 20-year time series data on rice fallows presents an opportunity to increase legume production in India
22 February 2022, New Delhi: Rice-fallows are potential areas that can increase legume production with little inputs. Rice-fallows contain residual moisture
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Icrisat@50: Putting Icrisat’s Evolution In Perspective- A Three Article Series
22 February 2022, New Delhi: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is celebrating its 50th year of establishment with
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The targets for SDG 2 are directly relevant to all stakeholders in the field of agriculture
14 February 2022, India: With less than a decade to 2030, the world is not on track to ending world hunger and malnutrition
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Climate-smart pigeonpea hybrids can future-proof India’s pulse farming sector
10 February 2022, Maharashtra: Climate-smart pigeonpea hybrids, with a yield superiority of 40% and early maturity to counter declining rains, have
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Innovative licensing mechanism paying dividends to farmers and researchers
10 February 2022, India: The sorghum hybrid CSH 24 MF developed using ICRISAT breeding material was given special recognition as the
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