Increasing the productivity of rainfed agriculture, which still supplies some 60 percent of the world’s food, would make a significant impact on global food production.


Increasing the productivity of rainfed agriculture, which still supplies some 60 percent of the world’s food, would make a significant impact on global food production.
Access to high-quality seed of the right varieties can make a big difference in a farmer’s field in any given season.
Short video clips of bean research-for-development in Machakos District in Kenya, following the bean value chain. We saw research which is developing the next generation of bean varieties, through to farmers eking a living out of their bean fields, f…
Hugar, S V (2012) Tritrophic interaction between pigeonpea genotypes, helicoverpa armigera (hübner) and Natural enemies. PhD thesis, University of Agricultural Sciences(Dharwad).

CIAT Director General Dr. Ruben G. Echeverría highlights the importance of the new CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and its vision for the future.