ICRISAT-Patancheru is exploring the feasibility of using PICS (Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage) bags to store pigeonpea seed. The three-layer bag consists of two polyethylene plastic bags 80 microns thick and an outer bag made of woven polypropylene.
Archive for April, 2012
Niger President visits WASA-SP project-supported farm
The President of Niger, His Excellency Mahamadou Issoufou, accompanied by highlevel officials, visited a West Africa Seed Alliance Seed Project (WASA-SP)-supported farm on 19 April in Niamey. This was part of the Initiative Presidentielle 3N (Les Niger…
India, Australia launch chickpea genomic research project
The launch and planning meeting of the project on Genomic approaches for stress tolerant chickpea funded by the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology under the Australian Indian Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) programme was held on 17 April at ICRI…
What you might not have known about forests and food security
Forests are a nutritional bounty – virtual natural supermarkets for 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. In rural areas of the Congo Basin many communities depend on wild meat for up to 80 percent of the fats and proteins in their diets.
The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants
‘The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants’ paper by Fischer, A; Shapiro, B; Muriuki, C; Heller, M; Schnee, C; Bongcam-Rudloff, E; Frey, J; Jores, J in PLoS ONE 7(4): e36150 (2012). ‘The &…